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Hadith 199
Hadith #
199
Book
Kitāb al-Ghayba
Volume
1
Section
22
Part
Content
Chapter
Reason of occultation of the Imam from his followers
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
۞
Because most followers of justice believe that absence of grace is like absence of power and means, and that a duty with respect to someone, who is devoid of required grace is like a duty without power and means of accomplishment and presence of encumbrances, and that a person who deserves a grace and does not receive it, has legitimate excuse not to comply with Divine rulings, just as someone who is imprisoned and restricted has a legitimate excuse not to perform a task that cannot be performed while being incarcerated.
وليس لهم أن يفرقوا بين القيد وبين اللطف من حيث كان القيد يتعذر معه الفعل ولا يتوهم وقوعه وليس كذلك فقد اللطف لأن أكثر أهل العدل على أن فقد اللطف كفقد القدرة والآلة وأن التكليف مع فقد اللطف فيمن له لطف معلوم كالتكليف مع فقد القدرة والآلة ووجود الموانع وأن من لم يفعل له اللطف ممن له لطف معلوم غير مزاح العلة في التكليف كما أن الممنوع غير مزاح العلة.
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