Predestination, Divine Decree, Trials, Means of Sustenance Rates, and Restricted Powers

22. Abu Mansur Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Bakr al-Khuri said in Naysabur that Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Harun al-Khuri said: Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad the Jurist in al-Khuri said: Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al-Juybari al-Shaybani said, on the authority of `Ali ibn Musa alRida, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his forefathers, on the authority of `Ali عليه السلام that The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: “Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, had decreed and planned everything two thousand years before He created Adam عليه السلام.”