hadith
1473
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Imam Baqir (a.s) quoted on the authority of Imam Sajjad (a.s): “Whenever God decides to have something done, He will take away the people's intellect, and return it afterwards. Have you not heard the people say
“I was out of my mind when I did that!”
عن الباقر (عليه السلام) قال
كان علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام) يقول: إذا أراد الله أمرا أخذ فيه بعقول الناس حتى ينفذ أمره، ثم يرد إليهم عقولهم، ألا ترى إلى قول الرجل: فعلت كذا وكذا وكان عقلي ليس معي!.
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