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Hadith 535
Hadith #
535
Book
Al-Tawḥīd
Volume
1
Section
64
Part
Content
Chapter
Recognition, Explanation, Evidence, and Guidance
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
14. My father (RA) said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abu `UImayr, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Humran, on the Sulayman ibn Khalid that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) said
Verily, if Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, intends good for a servant, then He places a spot of light in his heart, expands the hearing of his heart, and assigns an angel over him to direct him. If He intends evil for a servant, He places a black sport in his heart, blocks the hearing of his heart, and assigns a demon over him to misled him.” The he (AS) recited this verse: Therefore, (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and narrow as though he were ascending upwards. The Compiler of this book says: Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, intends evil for a servant as a result of a sin that he has committed. As a result, his heart receives the stamp, and a demon is assigned to mislead him. Allah only does this to those who deserve it. And sometimes Allah assigns an angel over His Servant to dir4ect him according to what he has earned, and as part of Allah`s favor. Allah is Merciful towards whomsoever He pleases. Allah, the Mighty and High, says: And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Most Compassionate, We appoint fro him a Shaytan, so he becomes his associate.
14 - حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه عن ابن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن حمران، عن سليمان بن خالد، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
قال: إن الله تبارك وتعالى إذا أراد بعبد خيرا نكت في قلبه نكتة من نور وفتح مسامع قلبه ووكل به ملكا يسدده، وإذا أراد بعبد سوءا نكت في قلبه نكتة سوداء وسد مسامع قلبه ووكل به شيطانا يضله، ثم تلا هذه الآية ﴿فمن يرد الله أن يهديه يشرح صدره للإسلام ومن يرد أن يضله يجعل صدره ضيقا حرجا كأنما يصعد في السماء﴾ . قال مصنف هذا الكتاب: إن الله عز وجل إنما يريد بعبد سوءا لذنب يرتكبه فيستوجب به أن يطبع على قلبه ويوكل به شيطانا يضله، ولا يفعل ذلك به إلا باستحقاق وقد يوكل عز وجل بعبده ملكا يسدده باستحقاق أو تفضل ويختص برحمته من يشاء، وقال الله عز وجل: ﴿ومن يعش عن ذكر الرحمن نقيض له شيطانا فهو له قرين﴾ .
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceSatan/IblisLight and Darkness (Nur)

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