On Traditions From al-Ridha About Unity

11-43 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Hussein ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Abu Zakwan, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Al-Abbas, “I heard someone ask Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, ‘Does God ever order the servants to do what is beyond their ability to do?’ The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, ‘He is more Just than to do that.’ The man asked, ‘Are they able to do whatever they wish?’ The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, ‘They are weaker than that.’”