hadith
3214
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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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