إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ فَمِنْ رِفْقِهِ بِعِبَادِهِ تَسْلِيلُهُ أَضْغَانَهُمْ وَ مُضَادَّتَهُمْ لِهَوَاهُمْ وَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ مِنْ رِفْقِهِ بِهِمْ أَنَّهُ يَدَعُهُمْ عَلَى الْأَمْرِ يُرِيدُ إِزَالَتَهُمْ عَنْهُ رِفْقاً بِهِمْ لِكَيْلَا يُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ وَ مُثَاقَلَتَهُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَضْعُفُوا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ ذَلِكَ نَسَخَ الْأَمْرَ بِالْآخَرِ فَصَارَ مَنْسُوخاً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Yahya Al Arzaq, from Hammad Bin Bashir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High is Kind, He<sup>azwj</sup> Loves the kindness. So, from His<sup>azwj</sup> Kindness with His<sup>azwj</sup> servants is to Ease their grudges and their antagonisms for their wish and their hearts. And from His<sup>azwj</sup> Kindness with them is that He<sup>azwj</sup> Calls them upon the matter, Intending their Removal from the evil (practice) as being Kind to them, so that the ring and the weight of Eman do not fall upon them at once to make them weak. When, He<sup>azwj</sup> Wants to make such a decision (of easing up on them), He<sup>azwj</sup> Cancels one Command by another Command and it becomes abrogated’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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