Guidance Is From Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 35
أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الاشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) نَدْعُو النَّاسَ إِلَى هَذَا الامْرِ فَقَالَ لا يَا فُضَيْلُ إِنَّ الله إِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْراً أَمَرَ مَلَكاً فَأَخَذَ بِعُنُقِهِ فَأَدْخَلَهُ فِي هَذَا الامْرِ طَائِعاً أَوْ كَارِهاً.
تَمَّ كِتَابُ الْعَقْلِ وَالْعِلْمِ وَالتَّوْحِيدِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْكَافِي وَيَتْلُوهُ كِتَابُ الْحُجَّةِ فِي الْجُزْءِ الثَّانِي مِنْ كِتَابِ الْكَافِي تَأْلِيفِ الشَّيْخِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ رَحْمَةُ الله عَلَيْهِ.
Abu Ali al-Ash‘ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn Marwan from Fudayl ibn Yasar the following:
“Once I asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, ‘Can we invite people to this belief (the belief of the Shi’a Muslims)?’ He said, ‘No, do not invite them, O Fudayl. When Allah wants good for a servant of His, He orders an angel to grab him by his neck and then enters him in this belief compelled or willing.’”
This is the end of the Book on the Oneness of Allah of al-Kafi. All praise belongs to Allah alone and Allah has granted blessings upon Muhammad and his family.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/255)
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