سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِ فَقَالَ هُوَ الَّذِي لَا يَهْتَدِي حِيلَةً إِلَى الْكُفْرِ فَيَكْفُرَ وَ لَا يَهْتَدِي سَبِيلًا إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ وَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَكْفُرَ فَهُمُ الصِّبْيَانُ وَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَ النِّسَاءِ عَلَى مِثْلِ عُقُولِ الصِّبْيَانِ مَرْفُوعٌ عَنْهُمُ الْقَلَمُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from one of his companions, from Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> about the weak ones (of understanding). So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He is the one who is neither guided by a reason to the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief) so he would disbelieve, nor is he guided by a way to the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>. He neither has the capacity that he believes, nor does he have the capacity that he disbelieves. So they are children. And the ones from the men and the women who were upon a similar intellect of the children, the Pen (Recording of the deeds) would be Raised from them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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