Hadith 8

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Aasim, from Suleyman Ibn Dawood, from Hafs Bin Gayas who said, ‘I was in the presence of the Chief of the Ja’fariites, Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, when Al-Mansour summoned him-asws, and Ibn Abu Al-Awja came, and he was an atheist, and said to him-asws, ‘What are you-asws saying regarding this Verse: Every time their skins are thoroughly burned, We will Replace them for other skins [4: 56]. Supposing these skins have disobeyed, and have melted, so what is the fault of the other (replacement skin)? ’
Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Woe be unto you! It is it, and it is another’. He said, ‘Make me understand these words’. He-asws said to him: ‘What is your view, if a man was to deliberate to a brick, and he breaks it. Then he pours the water over it and moulds it, then returns it to its former body (shape), would it not happen to be it, and it is another (as well)? ’ He said, ‘Yes, may Allah-azwj be Happy with you-asws! [7]