Chapitre sur la Fortunesse et la Malchance

2. It is narrated from Ali ibn Muhammad (in a marfu‘ manner) from shu‘ayb al-‘aqaqufi from abu Basir who has said the following. “I was in presence of Imam abu ‘abdallah (a.s.) when a certain person asked him saying, ‘May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, O great-great-great-great-grandson of the holy Prophet (s.a.), wherefrom misfortune took hold of the people committing sins and so Allah in His knowledge deemed it for them to suffer?” The Imam said, “It is the judgment of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and no one has the right (to oppose it). When passed such judgment He gave to the people of love the ability to know Him and relieved them of the hardships of deeds by means of what they are capable of and He gave the people of sins the ability to commit sins due His early knowledge and denying them the power to accept from Him, thus, they agree with what is in His knowledge about them and they remain unable to do things that would save them from His punishment. It is because His knowledge is more preferred in the reality of judgment and acknowledgement and this is what is meant by He wanted what He wanted and it is His secret”

2 - Ali ibn Muhammad a rapporté de Shu'ayb al-'Aqarqufiy, de Abi Basir, qui a dit : "J'étais assis devant Abi 'Abdillah (que la paix soit sur lui) et un questionneur l'interrogea. Il lui dit : "Puisses-tu être sacrifié pour toi, ô fils du Messager d'Allah ! D'où provient le malheur des gens de la désobéissance, jusqu'à ce qu'Allah décide, en Sa science, le châtiment pour eux en raison de leurs actes ?" Abi 'Abdillah (que la paix soit sur lui) répondit : "Ô questionneur, le décret d'Allah, Puissant et Majestueux, n'est contesté par aucun de Ses créatures dans Son droit. Lorsqu'Il a décrété cela, Il a accordé à ceux qui L'aiment la force dans Sa connaissance, et Il a allégé pour eux le poids des actes conformément à leur réalité, et Il a accordé à ceux de la désobéissance la force dans leur désobéissance en raison de Sa connaissance préalable en eux, et Il leur a interdit la capacité de l'accepter. Ils ont suivi ce qui était prédestiné pour eux dans Sa connaissance, sans pouvoir atteindre un état qui les sauverait de Son châtiment, car Sa connaissance est plus proche de la réalité de la confirmation, et c'est Son vouloir ce qu'Il veut, et c'est Son secret."

3. It is narrated from a number of our people from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd for Yahya ibn ‘Imran al-Halabi from Mu’alla ibn ‘Uthman from Ali ibn Hanzala from Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) Who has said the following. The Imam said, “A fortunate person is made to walk on the path of the unfortunate ones so much so that people would say, “How similar has he become with them? In fact, he has become one of them. Then good fortune helps him. Sometimes a unfortunate one is made to walk on the path of the fortunate ones and people begins to say, “How similar has he become with them? In fact, he has become one of them. But misfortune takes hold of him. Whoever Allah has written to be of the fortunate ones, even if very little time, such equal to the period between two breast-feeding of a camel her young, would have been left from his life in this world Allah will make it end in good fortune.

Nombre de nos compagnons ont rapporté d'Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, de son père, de Nadhr ibn Suwayd, de Yahya ibn Imran al-Halabi, de Mu'alla ibn Uthman, d'Ali ibn Hanzala, de l'Imam Abu Abdillah (que la paix soit sur lui) qu'il a dit : "Le bonheur emprunte le chemin des malheureux jusqu'à ce que les gens disent qu'il leur ressemble, alors qu'il est l'un d'eux. Ensuite, le malheur le rattrape. Certes, celui que Dieu inscrit au bonheur, même s'il ne reste de ce monde qu'une distance équivalente au voyage d'une chamelle, il sera scellé par le bonheur."