Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Objection From Sunnis: the Ghayba Goes Against How the World Normally Works and What People See with Their Own Eyes
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حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع فَالنَّاسُ لَمْ يُشَاهِدُوا اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُنَاجِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ يُخَاطِبُهُ وَ لَا شَاهَدُوا الْوَحْيَ وَ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْإِقْرَارُ بِالْغَيْبِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُشَاهِدُوهُ وَ تَصْدِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي ذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتَابِهِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ إِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحافِظِينَ كِراماً كاتِبِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ ما تَفْعَلُونَ وَ نَحْنُ لَمْ نَرَهُمْ وَ لَمْ نُشَاهِدْهُمْ وَ لَوْ لَمْ نُوقِعِ التَّصْدِيقَ بِذَلِكَ لَكُنَّا خَارِجِينَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ رَادِّينَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ قَوْلَهُ وَ قَدْ حَذَّرَنَا اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَقَالَ يا بَنِي آدَمَ لا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطانُ كَما أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ نَحْنُ لَا نَرَاهُ وَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا الْإِيمَانُ بِكَوْنِهِ وَ الْحَذَرُ مِنْهُ وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي ذِكْرِ الْمُسَاءَلَةِ فِي الْقَبْرِ إِنَّهُ إِذَا سُئِلَ الْمَيِّتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ بِالصَّوَابِ ضَرَبَهُ مُنْكَرٌ وَ نَكِيرٌ ضَرْبَةً مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا تُذْعَرُ لَهَا مَا خَلَا الثَّقَلَيْنِ وَ نَحْنُ لَا نَرَى شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ لَا نُشَاهِدُهُ وَ لَا نَسْمَعُهُ وَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَنْهُ عليه السلام أَنَّهُ عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ نَحْنُ لَمْ نَرَ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ لَا نُشَاهِدُهُ وَ لَا نَسْمَعُهُ وَ أَخْبَرَنَا عليه السلام مَنْ زَارَ أَخَاهُ فِي اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ شَيَّعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَقُولُونَ أَلَا طِبْتَ وَ طَابَتْ لَكَ الْجَنَّةُ وَ نَحْنُ لَا نَرَاهُمْ وَ لَا نَسْمَعُ كَلَامَهُمْ وَ لَوْ لَمْ نُسَلِّمِ الْأَخْبَارَ الْوَارِدَةَ فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ وَ فِيمَا يُشْبِهُهُ مِنْ أُمُورِ الْإِسْلَامِ لَكُنَّا كَافِرِينَ بِهَا خَارِجِينَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ ..
Narrated to us Hasan bin Ahmad bin Idrees (ra) narrating from his father from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Muhammad bin Husain bin Zaid from Husain bin Alawiyan from Amr bin Thabit from His Eminence, Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (as) that he said: “People did not see Allah, the Mighty and the High speaking secretly to the Messenger of Allah (sw) and neither did they see the divine revelation, whereas it has become obligatory on them to confess belief in the unseen. And in this regard they must testify to the Messenger of Allah (sw) and consider him truthful. And in his Clear Book, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has told us: He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand. (50:18) And the Almighty Allah also says: And most surely there are keepers over you. Honorable recorders. They know what you do. (82:10-12) Neither we have seen nor met them and if we do not testify to it we shall go out of the pale of Islam. We shall be rejecters of the statement of the Almighty Allah, whereas Allah has ordered us to beware of the deception of Satan and He says: O children of Adam! Let not the Shaitan cause you to fall into affliction as he expelled your parents from the garden. (7:27) We cannot see the Satan whereas it is obligatory on us that he bring faith in his existence and be careful of him. And the Holy Prophet (sw) says regarding the matter of grave that when a dead body is asked about something and it does offer the correct answer, Munkir and Nakeer will hit it with such a blow that as a result of it, except for the two weighty things (Thaqlayn), all that the Almighty Allah has created will shudder. And we have not seen any of these neither have we heard about it. In the same way we have been told that His Eminence (sw) went up to ascension (Meraj) whereas we have not seen anything from it nor heard it directly through the Holy Prophet (sw). <br> And the Holy Prophet (sw) has told us that: “Behind one, who visits his brother-in¬faith for the sake of Allah’s pleasure, will walk seventy thousand angels saying: You are fortunate and may you enjoy Paradise.” <br> Now it is something that we can neither see nor hear. So if we do not accept the authenticity of traditions that speak about such matters of Islam we will go out of the pale of Islam.
Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.
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