1531 - ما قَضاهُ اللَّهُ لِلمُؤمِنِ فَهُوَ خَيرٌ

1531. WHATEVER ALLAH DECREES FOR A BELIEVER IS GOOD

5258.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : في كلِّ قَضاءِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ خِيَرَةٌ (خَيرٌ) للمؤمنِ .¹

5258. The Prophet (AS) said, 'In every decree of Allah's, Mighty and Exalted, there is good for the believer.' ²

5259.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : عَجِبتُ للمَرءِ المُسلمِ لا يَقضي اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ لَهُ قَضاءً إلّا كانَ خَيراً لَهُ ، وإن قُرِضَ بالمَقاريضِ كانَ خَيراً لَهُ ، وإن مَلَكَ مَشارِقَ الأرضِ ومَغارِبَها كانَ خَيراً لَهُ .³

5259.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'How wonderful for a Muslim that Allah does not ordain a fate for him unless it is good for him, even if he was to be cut with scissors it would be for his benefit, and even if he was to own the east side of the world and the west, it would be for his good.' ⁴

5260.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ما قَضَى اللَّهُ لمؤمنٍ قَضاءً فَرَضِيَ بهِ إلّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الخِيَرَةَ فيما يَقضي.⁵

5260.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Any fate that Allah decrees for a believer which he is pleased with, Allah will place good in what He decreed.' ⁶

(اُنظر) البلاء : باب 272 .

(See also: THE ORDEAL, section 272)

1530 - كِتابَةُ القَضاءِ وَالقَدَرِ عَلَى الإنسانِ فِي الرَّحِمِ‏

1530. THE WRITING OF DECREE AND DESTINY FOR PEOPLE IN THE WOMB

5256.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - في خِلقَةِ الإنسانِ في الرَّحِمِ - : إذا كَمُلَ أربَعةُ أشهُرٍ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مَلَكَينِ خَلّاقَينِ، . . . فيَقولانِ : يا ربِّ ، شَقِيّاً أو سَعيداً ؟ فيُؤمَرانِ ، فيقولانِ : يا رَبِّ ، ما أجَلُهُ وما رِزقُهُ وكلُّ شي‏ءٍ مِن حالِهِ - وعَدَّدَ مِن ذلك أشياءَ - ؟ ويَكتُبانِ المِيثاقَ بينَ عَينَيهِ .¹

5256. Imam al-Baqir (AS), with regards to the creation of the human in the womb said, 'When four months are completed, Allah sends two creative angels...., and they ask, 'O Lord, shall it be wretched or prosperous?' Again, they are commanded, and they then ask, 'O Lord, what is its due date of death, its sustenance, and all other matters relating to its state - [and he listed some of them]-?' And they then go about writing a covenant between his eyes.' ²

5257.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - أيضاً - : ثُمّ يُوحي اللَّهُ إلَى المَلَكَينِ : اُكتُبا علَيهِ قَضائي وقَدَري ونافِذَ أمري واشتَرِطا ليَ البَداءَ فيما تَكتُبانِ.³

5257. Imam al-Baqir (AS), said, 'And then Allah will reveal unto the two angels, 'Write for him My decree and destiny, and the execution of My command, and reserve My condition of changing [of a divine ruling] (bida') among what you write.' ⁴