Predestination, Divine Decree, Trials, Means of Sustenance Rates, and Restricted Powers

“Verily, predestination, and the Divine Decree are creations from the creation of Allah. Allah increases for the creation whatever He wills.”

I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS): “May I be your ransom! What is your belief regarding predestination, and the Divine Decree?” He (AS) replied, “I believe: Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, will gather all of…

A man came to the Commander of the Faithful (AS) and said: “O Commander of the Faithful, tell me about the Divine Decree.” He (AS) replied, “It is a deep ocean, so do not enter it.” The man said: “O Commander of the…

A man asked `Ali ibn al-Husayn (AS): “May Allah make me your ransom! Does Allah punish people due to the Divine Decree or due to their actions?” He (AS) replied, Verily, the Divine Decree and actions are like the spirit…

he is the most unfaithful and the most hard-hearted. He is the most wretched of the Kharijites due to his opposition to the rightly-guided Imams. Nonetheless, death is sufficient as a guardian. Everyone is protected by…

“Every bounty begins with Allah, the Mighty and High, who has bestowed it upon you. Every evil which befalls you is from yourselves, although the Divine Decrees flows in it.”

I heard the Messenger of Allah (SA) say: “Allah decreed the destinies fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth.”

Commander of the Faithful (AS) moved from a wall that was tilted to another wall so it was said to him, “O Commander of the Faithful! Are you fleeing from the destiny of Allah?” He (AS) replied, “I am fleeing from the…

My father Ja`far ibn Muhammad said: My father Muhammad ibn `Ali said: My father `Ali ibn al-Husayn said: My father al-Husayn ibn Ali (AS) said I heard my father `Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS) say: Actions have three states:…

Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: With the exception of the centers of knowledge, the world is nothing but ignorance. The knowledge in its entirety is evidence against the ones who know and fail to practice. If they…

I heard the Messenger of Allah (SA) saying, “Allah, Great be His Glory, says: `Whoever is displeased with My Destiny, and does not believe in My Decree, then he should invoke a deity other than Me.” The Messenger of…

While the Messenger of Allah (SA) was on one of his journeys, some riders met him, and said: “Peace be upon you, O messenger of Allah.” So, he turned to them and asked, ”Who are you?” They answered, “We are believers.”…

Commander of the Faithful (AS) said to a man, “If you do not wish to obey your Creator, then do not eat of His Sustenance. And if you support His Enemy (Satan), then leave His Realm. If you are dissatisfied with His…

Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said to Musa (AS): O Musa! Remember My Will concerning four things. First: Unless you can see that your sins are forgiven, then do not look for faults…

Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: “Verily, concern about this world does not increase one’s gain, and that is a waste of effort. Verily, the arrival of the Hereafter does not decrease for what it estimated in (that…

`Tell me about the Generous.’ He (AS) replied to him, Verily, there are two ways to answer your question: If you are asking about the created, then the generous person is one who gives what Allah, the Mighty and High,…

Ibn Abu `Umayr and `Abd Allah ibn alMughayrah both related to me, on the authority of Abu Hafs al-A`sha, on the authority of Abu Hamzah that `Ali ibn al-Husayn (AS) said: I went out until I ended up at this wall so I…

Verily, Musa son of `Imran (AS) said: “O my Lord! I am pleased with what You have decreed regarding removing the souls of the elderly and the souls of the young.” Allah, the Mighty and High, replied, “O Musa! Are you not…

“What possessed your father to kill the people of Basra, and then wander the streets at night wearing two undergarments?” He (AS) replied, “He acted according to his knowledge, He knew that he could not avoid what was…

Prophet (SA) said: O `Ali! It is certain that you will not please anyone over the anger of Allah. So, do not praise anyone for what Allah has granted you, and do not blame anyone for what Allah has not granted you.…

A man came to al-Sadiq Ja`far ibn Muhammad (AS) and said: “May my father and mother be your ransom! Admonish me with an exhortation.” So he (AS) said: If Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is the Sustainer, then why do you…

Messenger of Allah (SA) said: “Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, had decreed and planned everything two thousand years before He created Adam (AS).”

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

people came to al-Hasan ibn `Ali (AS) after the death of `Ali (AS) to pay allegiance to him. So he (AS) said: All praise is for Allah over what He destined in matter, specified in merit, generalized in affair and…

Commander of the Faithful (AS) was asked: “Shall we not guard you?” He (AS) said: “The guardian of every man is his death.”

“O Commander of the Faithful! Do you not fear anything at this point?” He (AS) replied, And what should I fear? There is no anyone except that with him are two angels assigned to him so that he does not fall into a well…

Messenger of Allah (SA) said: “None of you believe unless he also believes in the Divine Decree, its good, its evil, its sweetness, and its bitterness.”

I heard My Master `Ali ibn Muhammad that Abu Ja`far ibn `Ali related to me, on the authority of his father al-Rida `Ali ibn Musa on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja`far, on the authority his father Ja`far ibn…

I asked Abu `Abd Allah (AS) whether charms, if they remove anything from the decreed. He (AS) replied, “It is from the decreed. He (AS) then added, Verily, the Free-willers are the Zorastrians of this Ummah, and they are…

Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Ghalabi said: Ahmad ibn `Isa ibn Zayd said: `Abd Allah ibn Musa ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hasan said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his forefathers that Al-Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Abu…

“Then he should repeat all the prayers he has prayed behind him,”

roots of these shall be cut off in the morning. He means that We informed him and made it known to him. Therefore, it cannot be refused that Allah the Mighty and High, decrees the actions of the servants and all that…

Messenger of Allah (SA) passed by some hoarders. He ordered them to take the goods they were hoarding to the market, so that hey could be seen. It was said to the Messenger of Allah (SA), “It would be better if you had…

“Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has assigned an angel to regulate prices, who manages them with His Command.” Abu Hamzah alThumali sys: Charging high prices was mentioned to `Ali ibn al-Husayn (SA) so he said:…

Whenever there is food in a town other than what one person has bought then it is permissible for him to hold on to the excess of commodity. If there is sufficient food available for people in the city, then the price…

`The importer is blessed and the hoarder is cursed.’ If it is from the Mighty and High, then it is obligatory to be satisfied with it and accept it. Similarly it is obligatory when it is due to shortage of things or…