قُلْتُ لَهُ فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي مُنَاكَحَةِ النَّاسِ فَإِنِّي قَدْ بَلَغْتُ مَا تَرَاهُ وَ مَا تَزَوَّجْتُ قَطُّ فَقَالَ وَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي إِلَّا أَنَّنِي أَخْشَى أَنْ لَا تَحِلَّ لِي مُنَاكَحَتُهُمْ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي فَقَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ وَ أَنْتَ شَابٌّ أَ تَصْبِرُ قُلْتُ أَتَّخِذُ الْجَوَارِيَ قَالَ فَهَاتِ الْآنَ فَبِمَا تَسْتَحِلُّ الْجَوَارِيَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْأَمَةَ لَيْسَتْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْحُرَّةِ إِنْ رَابَتْنِي بِشَيْءٍ بِعْتُهَا وَ اعْتَزَلْتُهَا قَالَ فَحَدِّثْنِي بِمَا اسْتَحْلَلْتَهَا قَالَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي جَوَابٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَمَا تَرَى أَتَزَوَّجُ فَقَالَ مَا أُبَالِي أَنْ تَفْعَلَ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَكَ مَا أُبَالِي أَنْ تَفْعَلَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى جِهَتَيْنِ تَقُولُ لَسْتُ أُبَالِي أَنْ تَأْثَمَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ آمُرَكَ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِأَمْرِكَ فَقَالَ لِي قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) تَزَوَّجَ وَ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ امْرَأَةِ نُوحٍ وَ امْرَأَةِ لُوطٍ مَا قَدْ كَانَ إِنَّهُمَا قَدْ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ بِمَنْزِلَتِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ وَ هِيَ مُقِرَّةٌ بِحُكْمِهِ مُقِرَّةٌ بِدِينِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي مَا تَرَى مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَخانَتاهُما مَا يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا الْفَاحِشَةَ وَ قَدْ زَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فُلَاناً قَالَ قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْطَلِقُ فَأَتَزَوَّجُ بِأَمْرِكَ فَقَالَ لِي إِنْ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْبَلْهَاءِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ قُلْتُ وَ مَا الْبَلْهَاءُ قَالَ ذَوَاتُ الْخُدُورِ الْعَفَائِفُ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هِيَ عَلَى دِينِ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ قَالَ لَا فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هِيَ عَلَى دِينِ رَبِيعَةِ الرَّأْيِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنَّ الْعَوَاتِقَ اللَّوَاتِي لَا يَنْصِبْنَ كُفْراً وَ لَا يَعْرِفْنَ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ قُلْتُ وَ هَلْ تَعْدُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مُؤْمِنَةً أَوْ كَافِرَةً فَقَالَ تَصُومُ وَ تُصَلِّي وَ تَتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَمْرُكُمْ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ فَمِنْكُمْ كافِرٌ وَ مِنْكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ لَا وَ اللَّهِ لَا يَكُونُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ لَيْسَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ وَ لَا كَافِرٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَوْلُ اللَّهِ أَصْدَقُ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ يَا زُرَارَةُ أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَطُوا عَمَلًا صالِحاً وَ آخَرَ سَيِّئاً عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا قَالَ عَسَى فَقُلْتُ مَا هُمْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ كَافِرِينَ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَ النِّساءِ وَ الْوِلْدانِ لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَ لا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ فَقُلْتُ مَا هُمْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ كَافِرِينَ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ لَا كَافِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي أَصْحَابِ الْأَعْرَافِ فَقُلْتُ مَا هُمْ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ كَافِرِينَ إِنْ دَخَلُوا الْجَنَّةَ فَهُمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ وَ إِنْ دَخَلُوا النَّارَ فَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ لَا كَافِرِينَ وَ لَوْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ لَدَخَلُوا الْجَنَّةَ كَمَا دَخَلَهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ لَوْ كَانُوا كَافِرِينَ لَدَخَلُوا النَّارَ كَمَا دَخَلَهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ لَكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ قَدِ اسْتَوَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُمْ وَ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ فَقَصُرَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَعْمَالُ وَ أَنَّهُمْ لَكَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقُلْتُ أَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ أَمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَقَالَ اتْرُكْهُمْ حَيْثُ تَرَكَهُمُ اللَّهُ قُلْتُ أَ فَتُرْجِئُهُمْ قَالَ نَعَمْ أُرْجِئُهُمْ كَمَا أَرْجَأَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِنْ شَاءَ أَدْخَلَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ سَاقَهُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَ لَمْ يَظْلِمْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ كَافِرٌ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَهَلْ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ إِلَّا كَافِرٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ يَا زُرَارَةُ إِنَّنِي أَقُولُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَقُولُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ كَبِرْتَ رَجَعْتَ وَ تحَلَّلَتْ عَنْكَ عُقَدُكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from a man, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘So what are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding marrying the people (General Muslims), for I have reached (adulthood) what you<sup>asws</sup> see and I have not married at all’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So what prevents you from that’. I said, ‘Nothing prevents me except that I am fearing that it would not be Permissible for me to marry them. So what are you<sup>asws</sup> ordering me for?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So what do you do and you are a youth. Are you observing patience?’ I said, ‘I take the slave girls’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So here, now. So by what are you considering the slave girls to be Permissible?’ I said, ‘The slave girl is not at the status of the free woman. If something makes me suspicious, so I sell her and isolate from her’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he<sup>asws</sup> narrated me with what makes her to be Permissible, and there did not happen to be an answer with me’. So I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view. Shall I get married?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It does not matter to me<sup>asws</sup> if you were to do so’. I said, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> view of your<sup>asws</sup> own words, ‘It does not matter to me if you were to do so’, for that is upon two aspects. You<sup>asws</sup> are saying: ‘It does not matter to me<sup>asws</sup> if you were to sin from other than my<sup>asws</sup> having ordered you. So what are you<sup>asws</sup> ordering me with. Shall I do that with your<sup>asws</sup> order?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘It was so that Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> had married, and it was so from the matter of <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:66#h10"><a href="/books/quran:66#h10">[66:10]</a></a> the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut: they were both under two of Our righteous servants</span>’. So I said, ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> is not in that at my status. But rather, she was under his<sup>saww</sup> hand and she was acknowledging with his<sup>saww</sup> rulings, acknowledging with his<sup>saww</sup> Religion’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘What is your view of the betrayal in the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:66#h10"><a href="/books/quran:66#h10">[66:10]</a></a> but they acted treacherously towards them</span>. What is the Meaning with that except for the immorality? And Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> had married the so and so’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Keep you<sup>asws</sup> well! What are you ordering me? Shall I go and get married by your<sup>asws</sup> order?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘If you were to do so, so upon you is (getting married) with the simple ones from the women’. I said, ‘And what are the ‘simple ones’? He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The ones with the veils, the chaste’. So I said, ‘The one who is upon the Religion of Saalim Bin Abu Hafsa?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No’. So I said, ‘The one who is upon the Religion of Rabi’a Al-Rai’y?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, but the adolescent girls who are not establishing <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief) nor are they recognising what you are recognising (Al Wilayah). I said, ‘And would she be anything more than either a <span class="iTxt">Momina</span> (believing woman) or a <span class="iTxt">Kafira</span> (disbelieving woman)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘She would be Fasting and praying <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and she would be fearing Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and she would not be knowing what your matter (<span class="iTxt">Al Wilayah</span>) is’. So I said, ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:64#h2"><a href="/books/quran:64#h2">[64:2]</a></a> He is the one Who Created you, so among you is an unbeliever and among you is a Believer</span>. No, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! There does not happen to be anyone from the people who is neither a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> (Believer) nor a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Truer than your words, O Zurara! What is your view of the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:9#h102"><a href="/books/quran:9#h102">[9:102]</a></a> they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; maybe Allah will Turn to them (Mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful</span>. So what did He<sup>azwj</sup> Say: “Maybe”?’ So I said, ‘They are not, except for <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span> (Believers) or <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> (unbelievers)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What are you saying regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h98"><a href="/books/quran:4#h98">[4:98]</a></a> Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way</span> to the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>?’ So I said, ‘They are not except for <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span> (Believers) or <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> (unbelievers)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! They are neither <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span> (Believers) nor <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> (unbelievers)’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> turned towards me and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What are you saying regarding <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h48"><a href="/books/quran:7#h48">[7:48]</a></a> the the people of Al-Araf</span>?’ So I said, ‘They are either <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span> (Believers) or <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> (unbelievers). If they were to enter into the Paradise so they are <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>, and if they enter into the Fire, so they are <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> (Unbelievers)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! They are ‘They are neither <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span> (Believers) nor <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> (unbelievers); and had they been <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>, they would have entered into the Paradise just as the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span> would enter it, and had they been <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span>, they would have entered the Fire just as the <span class="iTxt">Kafireen</span> would enter. But, they are a people whose good deeds and their evil deeds are equal, so the deeds are deficient with them and they are just as Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Said. So I said, ‘Are they from the inhabitants of the Paradise or from the inhabitants of the Fire?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘You should leave them where Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Left them to be’. I said, ‘Shall I postpone them?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, postpone them just as Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Postponed them. If He<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires to, He<sup>azwj</sup> will Enter them into the Paradise by His<sup>azwj</sup> Mercy, and if He<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires to, He<sup>azwj</sup> would Usher them to the Fire due to their sins, and He<sup>azwj</sup> would be Unjust to them’. So I said, ‘Would a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (Unbeliever) enter the Paradise?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No’. I said, ‘So would anyone enter the Fire except for a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, except if Allah<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires to. O Zurara! I<sup>asws</sup> am saying: ‘Whatever Allah<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires’, and you are not saying, ‘Whatever Allah<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires’. But, you, when you get older, would return (from your view), and your knots would be loosened from you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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