Hadith 12
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Reply: The first segment of his argument that, “We prove to the Imamiyah that occultation involves an evil aspect,” is a mere promise that he makes. He should have explained “the evil aspect”, which he wanted to prove to the Imamiyah, so it would have been possible for us to consider it and reply to it. He has not done that and therefore his argument is inconclusive. If he asks, “Do you reject that occultation involves a wrong aspect?” Our response would be that wrong aspects are conceivable in the context of oppression, vanity, lie, debauchery and ignorance, and none of these are involved here. This leads us to reject the instance of any wrong aspect.
الكلام عليه أن نقول:أما الفصل الأول من قوله: "إنا نلزم الامامية أن يكون في الغيبة وجه قبح" وعيد منه محض لا يقترن به حجة، فكان ينبغي أن يتبين وجه القبح الذي أراد إلزامه إياهم لننظر فيه ولم يفعل، فلا يتوجه وعيده. وإن قال ذلك سائلا على وجه: "ما أنكرتم أن يكون فيها وجه قبح". فإنا نقول: وجوه القبح معقولة من كون الشيء ظلما وعبثا وكذبا ومفسدة وجهلا وليس شيء من ذلك موجودا ها هنا، فعلمنا بذلك انتفاء وجود القبح. فإن قيل: وجه القبح أنه لم يزح علة المكلف على قولكم، لأن انبساط يده الذي هو لطف في الحقيقة والخوف من تأديبه لم يحصل، فصار ذلك إخلالا بلطف المكلف فقبح لأجله.
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