قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لِمَ يَكُونُ الرَّجُلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مُؤْمِناً قَدْ ثَبَتَ لَهُ الْإِيمَانُ عِنْدَهُ ثُمَّ يَنْقُلُهُ اللَّهُ بَعْدُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هُوَ الْعَدْلُ إِنَّمَا دَعَا الْعِبَادَ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِهِ لَا إِلَى الْكُفْرِ وَ لَا يَدْعُو أَحَداً إِلَى الْكُفْرِ بِهِ فَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ ثَبَتَ لَهُ الْإِيمَانُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَمْ يَنْقُلْهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ قُلْتُ لَهُ فَيَكُونُ الرَّجُلُ كَافِراً قَدْ ثَبَتَ لَهُ الْكُفْرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَنْقُلُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ الَّتِي فَطَرَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَا يَعْرِفُونَ إِيمَاناً بِشَرِيعَةٍ وَ لَا كُفْراً بِجُحُودٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ تَدْعُوا الْعِبَادَ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Husayn Bin Nuaym Al Sahhaf who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Why is it so that the man happens to be a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> in the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> having been affirmed to him in His<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, then Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Transfers him afterwards, from the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> to the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, He<sup>azwj</sup> is Just. But rather, He<sup>azwj</sup> Calls the servants to the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> in Him<sup>azwj</sup> not to the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief), and He<sup>azwj</sup> does not Call anyone to the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief) in Him<sup>azwj</sup>. So the one who believes in Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, then the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> gets affirmed for him in the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic will not Transfer it after that, from the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> to the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief)’. I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Can it happen that the man is a <span class="iTxt">Kafir</span> (unbeliever), the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> (disbelief) having been affirmed for him in the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, then He<sup>azwj</sup> Transfer him, after that, from the <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> to the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Created the people, all of them upon the nature which He<sup>azwj</sup> Natured them upon. They were neither recognising <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> with its stipulations, nor <span class="iTxt">Kufr</span> with its denials. Then Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Sent the Rasools<sup>as</sup> inviting the people to the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> in Him<sup>azwj</sup>. So, from them is the one whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Guided, and from them is the one who Allah<sup>azwj</sup> did not Guide’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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