Al-Kafi · Hadith 4

The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) · Chapter on Wish and Will · Volume 1, book 3, chapter 26, Hadith 4

Original Arabic text

4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَلَوِيِّ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْفَتْحِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُرْجَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ لله إِرَادَتَيْنِ وَمَشِيئَتَيْنِ إِرَادَةَ حَتْمٍ وَإِرَادَةَ عَزْمٍ يَنْهَى وَهُوَ يَشَاءُ وَيَأْمُرُ وَهُوَ لا يَشَاءُ أَ وَمَا رَأَيْتَ أَنَّهُ نَهَى آدَمَ وَزَوْجَتَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلا مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَشَاءَ ذَلِكَ وَلَوْ لَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَأْكُلا لَمَا غَلَبَتْ مَشِيئَتُهُمَا مَشِيئَةَ الله تَعَالَى وَأَمَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ إِسْحَاقَ وَلَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَذْبَحَهُ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَمَا غَلَبَتْ مَشِيئَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَشِيئَةَ الله تَعَالَى.

Published English translation

4. It is narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad al-Hamadani and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Hassan al-‘Alawi altogether from al-Fath ibn Yazid al-Jurjani from abu al-Hassan (a.s.) who has said the following. “Allah has two wills and two wishes. He has a definite will and an intended will. He prohibits but He wants it. He commands but He does not want it. Consider that He prohibited Adam and his spouse from eating of the tree but He wanted them to eat. Had He not wanted their wish would not have surpassed Allah’s wish. He commanded Ibrahim to slaughter Ishaq but He did not want it to happen. Had He wanted it the wish of Ibrahim would not have surpassed the wish of Allah, the Most High.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/161)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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