Imam Ali (AS), returning from the Battle of Siffin, in answer to an old man who asked him about their journey to Syria: ‘Is this fate or destiny?’ said, ‘By He who created the seed and made the human being, we have not gone through a valley or ascended a mountain without it being our fate and destiny…. You might think this to be imperative fate and inevitable destiny. If this were so then promise ...of reward (wa`ad) and threat of penalty (wa`aid), would cease to apply, and reward and punishment would become null. Allah would not blame the sinners, nor would He praise the good-doers. The benevolent would not be more worthy of reward for good deeds than the sinner, which is the belief of the idol worshippers…. and the Magians. However, Allah has commanded good by choice and forbidden evil by warning, and He is not disobeyed helplessly, nor obeyed forcefully or freely, and nor does He give man absolute control.’ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ عندَ انصِرافِهِ مِن صِفِّينَ في جَوابِ شَيخٍ سَألَهُ عن مَسِيرِهِم إلَى الشامِ: أبِقَضاءٍ وقَدَرٍ ؟ ـ: والذي خَلَقَ الحَبَّةَ وبَرَأ النَّسَمَةَ، ما قَطَعنا وادِياً ولا عَلَونا تَلعَةً إلّا بقَضاءٍ وقَدَرٍ ... لعلَّكَ ظَنَنتَه قَضاءً لازِماً وقَدَراً حاتِماً، لو كانَ ذلكَ لَسَقَطَ الوَعدُ والوَعيدُ وبَطَلَ الثَّوابُ والعِقابُ، ولا أتَت لائمَةٌ مِن اللّهِ لِمُذنِبٍ ولا مَحمَدَةٌ مِن اللّهِ لُمحسِنٍ، ولا كانَ الُمحسِنُ أولى بثَوابِ الإحسانِ مِن المُذنِبِ، ذلكَ مَقالُ أحزابِ عَبَدَةِ الأوثانِ ... ومَجُوسِها، ولكنَّ اللّهَ أمَرَ بالخَيرِ تَخييراً ونَهى عَنِ الشَّرِّ تَحذيراً، ولم يُعصَ مَغلوباً ولم يُطَعْ مُكرَهاً، ولا يُمَلِّكُ تَفويضاً. [Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1560]
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