Allah is gracious, He does not punish for what is not in one’s control

Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 360
Al-Kāfi

Volume 8, Book 1, Chapter 360

Allah is gracious, He does not punish for what is not in one’s control

1 hadith
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَجِي‏ءُ مِنْهُ الشَّيْ‏ءُ عَلَى حَدِّ الْغَضَبِ يُؤَاخِذُهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْتَغْلِقَ عَبْدَهُ وَ فِي نُسْخَةِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ (عليه السلام) يَسْتَقْلِقَ عَبْدَهُ.
360. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Ali Bin Atiyya, who has said: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said, ‘I was in his عليه الصلاة والسلام presence and a man asked him عليه الصلاة والسلام about a man from whom something comes out due to his anger, will Allah عز وجل Hold him responsible for it?’ So he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Allah عز وجل is more benevolent than Tying down His عز وجل servant’. And in a copy from Abu Al-Hassan The First عليه الصلاة والسلام: (which says Allah عز وجل does not) ‘Coerce His عز وجل servant’.
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