Mīzān al-Ḥikma

Neither Free Will Nor Predestination

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Divine Decree 2 Mercy 1

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hadith 3214
Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah, the Exalted, is too merciful to coerce His servants to sin and then punish them for it. He is also too mighty to want something and it not be accomplished. Then they were asked whether there is a stance between free will and predestination, to which they replied, ‘Yes, [a stance] wider than the space between the earth and the sky.
التوحيد عن الإمامِ الباقرِ والإمامِ الصّادقِ(: إنّ اللّهَ عزّ وجلّ أرحَمُ بخَلقِهِ مِن أنْ يُجْبِرَ خَلقَهُ على الذُّنوبِ ثُمّ يُعذِّبَهُم علَيها، واللّهُ أعزُّ مِن أنْ يُريدَ أمراً فلا يكونَ . قالَ: فسُئلا(: هلْ بينَ الجَبرِ والقدَرِ مَنزلةٌ ثالثةٌ؟ قالا: نَعَمْ، أوسَعُ مِمّا بينَ السّماءِ والأرضِ.
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hadith 3215
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, according to what Mufadhal b. Umar narrated on his authority, ‘There is neither predestination nor free will, but a stance in between them. [Mufadhal] asked, ‘What is the stance in between? He replied, ‘It is like when you observe a man in sin and you advise him against it but he does not desist from it, so you leave him to his sin. Leaving him to sin after he has rejected your advice does not mean that you commanded him to sin.
بحار الأنوار عن المُفَضَّلِ عن الإمامِ الصّادقِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا جَبرَ ولا تَفويضَ، ولكنْ أمرٌ بينَ أمرَينِ . قالَ
قلتُ: ما أمرٌ بينَ أمرَينِ ؟ قالَ: مَثَلُ ذلك مَثَلُ رجُلٍ رأيتَهُ على معصيةٍ فنَهَيْتَهُ فلَم يَنْتَهِ، فتَرَكتَهُ ففعلَ تلكَ المعصيةَ، فليسَ حَيثُ لَم يَقْبلْ مِنكَ فَتَركْتَهُ كُنتَ أنتَ الّذي أمَرتَهُ بالمعصيةِ.
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