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Hadith 37
Hadith #
37
Book
Kitāb al-Ghayba
Volume
1
Section
3
Part
Content
Chapter
First Principle: Necessity of Imamate
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
۞
Query: If Allah had made it obligatory on us to make ablution from water of a specific well that does not have a rope for drawing water, but He declared, “Should you approach the well, I would create a rope to draw water,” this would take away any excuse we may have. And should we not approach the well, the misgiving would be our own doing, not Allah’s. Likewise, a master says to his servant, who is far from him, “Buy some meat for me from the market,” and the servant replies, “I cannot do that, because I don’t have money.” The master replies, “If you come to me, I will give you the money.” This will eliminate the slave’s excuse and if he does not come to take the money, it will be his own shortcoming, not his master’s.
والمثال الذي ذكره من أنه لو أوجب الله علينا أن نتوضأ من ماء بئر معينة لم يكن لها حبل نستقي به، وقال لنا: إن دنوتم من البئر خلقت لكم حبلا تستقون به(من)الماء، فإنه يكون مزيحا لعلتنا، ومتى لم ندن من البئر كنا قد أتينا من قبل نفوسنا لا من قبله تعالى. وكذلك لو قال السيد لعبده وهو بعيد منه: اشتر لي لحما من السوق، فقال:لا أتمكن من ذلك لأنه ليس معي ثمنه، فقال:إن دنوت أعطيتك ثمنه، فإنه يكون مزيحا لعلته، ومتى لم يدن لأخذ الثمن يكون قد أتي من قبل نفسه لا من قبل سيده.
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