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Shia hadith/Al-Tawḥīd 1

Al-Tawḥīd 1, record 299 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Commentary of Guidance, Misguidance, Direction, and Forsaking is from Allah, the Exalted

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Arabic text

3 - حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي السكري قال حدثنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن زكريا البصري، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن عمارة عن أبيه، عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهما السلام، قال سألته عن معنى (لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله) فقال: معناه لا حول لنا عن معصية الله إلا بعون الله، ولا قوة لنا على طاعة الله إلا بتوفيق الله عز وجل.

Translation

3. Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qittan said: al-Hasan ibn `Ali al-Sukkari said: Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Basari said: Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Umarah said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju`fi that I asked Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Baqir (AS) about the meaning of “there is no power and no strength save in Allah” [la hawla waw la quwwata illa bi Allah]. Therefore, he (AS) answered: “It means that we have no power to disobey Allah except by the help of Allah, and we have no strength to obey Allah except by the direction of Allah, the Mighty and High.”

Translation: Sayed Ali Raza Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 3. Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qittan said: al-Hasan ibn `Ali al-Sukkari said: Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Basari said: Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Umarah said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju`fi that

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