Chapter on Wish and Will
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 26
2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) شَاءَ وَأَرَادَ وَقَدَّرَ وَقَضَى قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَأَحَبَّ قَالَ لا قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ شَاءَ وَأَرَادَ وَقَدَّرَ وَقَضَى وَلَمْ يُحِبَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا.
2. It is narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from Aban from abu Basir who has said the following. “asked abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام about, “(Allah) Wished, Willed, Measured and Decreed.” The Imam said, “Yes.” I asked, “Did He love?” The Imam said, “No.” I asked, “How is it that He wished, willed measured and decreed but did not love?” The Imam said, “This is how it has come to us.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/155)
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