كَانَ الطَّيَّارُ يَقُولُ لِي إِبْلِيسُ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ إِنَّمَا أُمِرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِالسُّجُودِ لآِدَمَ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِبْلِيسُ لَا أَسْجُدُ فَمَا لِإِبْلِيسَ يَعْصِي حِينَ لَمْ يَسْجُدْ وَ لَيْسَ هُوَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَالَ فَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ هُوَ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ فَأَحْسَنَ وَ اللَّهِ فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ رَأَيْتَ مَا نَدَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَ دَخَلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ الضُّلَّالُ وَ كُلُّ مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِالدَّعْوَةِ الظَّاهِرَةِ وَ كَانَ إِبْلِيسُ مِمَّنْ أَقَرَّ بِالدَّعْوَةِ الظَّاهِرَةِ مَعَهُمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel who said, ‘Al-Tayyar was saying to me, ‘Iblees<sup>la</sup> is not from the Angels, and rather (it was) the Angels who had been Commanded with the Prostration to Adam<sup>as</sup>. Therefore, Iblees<sup>la</sup> said, ‘I<sup>la</sup> will not prostrate’. Thus Iblees<sup>la</sup> did not disobey where he<sup>la</sup> did not prostrate as he<sup>la</sup> was not from the Angels’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he and I went over to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, he was good regarding the question, so he said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! What is your<sup>asws</sup> view of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’s Call to the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>, what He<sup>azwj</sup> Called out to, from His<sup>azwj</sup> Words: “O you who believe!”. Are the hypocrites included along with them?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, and the straying ones, and everyone who acknowledged with the call apparently, and Iblees<sup>la</sup> was from the ones who acknowledged with the Call apparently, along with them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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