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3. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil (may Allah be pleased with him) said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of al-`Abbas ibn `Amr al-Fuqaymi, on the authority of Hisham ibn al-Hakam, that
a man asked Abu `Abdillah al-Sadiq (AS) whether Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, feels pleasure or anger. Thus, he (AS) replied, Yes; however, it is not like the pleasure or anger found in created beings. Unlike human beings, pleasure and anger do not change Allah from one emotional state to another. Human beings are operated and composed. Things can affect human beings, while things cannot affect our Creator. He is One in Essence and Concept.
Thus, His Pleasure is His Reward, and His Anger is His Punishment, without anything interfering with Him so as to ridicule Him and transform Him from one sate to another. Emotional changes are an attribute of the created, the helpless, and the needy. While He, the Blessed and Exalted, is the Supreme and the Honorable, who has no need from any of His Creation although all of His Creation is in need of Him. Verily, He created everything without any need to create or innovate.
Thus, His Pleasure is His Reward, and His Anger is His Punishment, without anything interfering with Him so as to ridicule Him and transform Him from one sate to another. Emotional changes are an attribute of the created, the helpless, and the needy. While He, the Blessed and Exalted, is the Supreme and the Honorable, who has no need from any of His Creation although all of His Creation is in need of Him. Verily, He created everything without any need to create or innovate.
3 - حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن العباس بن عمرو الفقيمي، عن هشام بن الحكم أن رجلا سأل أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن الله تبارك وتعالى له رضا وسخط؟ فقال
نعم، وليس ذلك على ما يوجد من المخلوقين، وذلك أن الرضا والغضب دخال يدخل عليه فينقله من حال إلى حال، معتمل، مركب، للأشياء فيه مدخل وخالقنا لا مدخل للأشياء فيه، واحد، أحدي الذات، وأحدي المعنى، فرضاه ثوابه و سخطه عقابه من غير شئ يتداخله فيهيجه وينقله من حال إلى حال، فإن ذلك صفة المخلوقين العاجزين المحتاجين، وهو تبارك وتعالى القوي العزيز الذي لا حاجة به إلى شئ مما خلق، وخلقه جميعا محتاجون إليه، أنما خلق الأشياء من غير حاجة ولا سبب اختراعا وابتداعا.
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