Al-Tawḥīd

Hadith 522
guidance-misguidance
1 - حدثنا أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن حكيم، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: المعرفة صنع من هي؟ قال: من صنع الله عز وجل: ليس للعباد فيها صنع.
1. My father (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr on the authority of Muhammad ibn Hukaym that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS): “What is the origin of recognition?” He (AS) answered, “It is entirely from Allah, the Mighty and High. The servants do not have any part in it.”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Similar narrations

  • Al-Tawḥīd #527 “The servants have no role in six things: recognition, ignorance, pleasure, anger, sleep and wakefulness.”
  • Al-Khiṣāl #779 “The following six are out of your control: 1. recognition (of God), 2. ignorance, 3. contentment, 4. anger, 5. sleeping, 6. waking up.”
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