Hadith 18

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – Tameem Al Qarshy, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Ansary, from Yazeed Bin Umeyr Ibn Muawiya Al Shamy who said, ‘I went to Ali-asws Bin Musa Al-Reza-asws at Merv and I said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! It is reported to us from Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws that he-asws said: ‘There is neither Compulsion nor delegation, but a matter between the two matters’, so what is its meaning? ’
He-asws said: ‘One who claims that Allah-azwj Does our deeds, then He-azwj would Punish us upon these, so he has said with the Compulsion, and one who claims that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Delegated the Command of the creating and the sustenance to His-azwj Divine Authorities -asws, so he has spoken with the Delegation. So, the speaker with the Compulsion is a Kafir and the speaker with the delegation is a Mushrik’. I said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! What is ‘a matter between the two matters’? ’ He-asws said: ‘Existence of the way to coming what he has been Commanded with, and leaving what he has been Prohibited from’. I said to him-asws, ‘Is there a Desire for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and a Will regarding that? ’ He-asws said: ‘As for the (acts of) obedience, so the Will of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Desire is in it, the Command with it, and the Pleasure for it, and the Assistance upon it. And, His-azwj Will, and His-azwj Desire regarding the (acts of) disobedience is the Prohibiting from it, and the Wrath for it, and the Abandoning upon it’. I said, ‘For Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic regarding it is the Decision? ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes. There is none from a deed the servant does, from good and evil, except and for Allah-azwj there is a Decision in it’. I said, ‘What is the meaning of this Decision? ’ He-asws said: ‘The Judgment upon them with what they would be deserving upon their deeds, from the Rewards and the Punishments in the world and the Hereafter? ’’[18]