«15»- ع، علل الشرائع أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ نُوحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ فِي الزَّمَنِ الْأَوَّلِ طَلَبَ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ حَلَالٍ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا وَ طَلَبَهَا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا فَأَتَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا هَذَا إِنَّكَ قَدْ طَلَبْتَ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ حَلَالٍ فَلَمْ تَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا وَ طَلَبْتَهَا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَلَمْ تَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا أَ فَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَی شَيْ ءٍ تَكْثُرُ بِهِ دُنْيَاكَ وَ يَكْثُرُ بِهِ تَبَعُكَ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ تَبْتَدِعُ دِيناً وَ تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ النَّاسَ فَفَعَلَ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَ أَطَاعُوهُ وَ أَصَابَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتُ ابْتَدَعْتُ دِيناً وَ دَعَوْتُ النَّاسَ مَا أَرَى لِي تَوْبَةً إِلَّا أَنْ آتِيَ مَنْ دَعَوْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَرُدَّهُ عَنْهُ فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِي أَصْحَابَهُ الَّذِينَ أَجَابُوهُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِي دَعَوْتُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ بَاطِلٌ وَ إِنَّمَا ابْتَدَعْتُهُ فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ لَهُ كَذَبْتَ وَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَ لَكِنَّكَ شَكَكْتَ فِي دِينِكَ فَرَجَعْتَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَمَدَ إِلَى سِلْسِلَةٍ فَوَتَّدَ لَهَا وَتِداً ثُمَّ جَعَلَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ وَ قَالَ لَا أَحُلُّهَا حَتَّى يَتُوبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَیَّ فَأَوْحَی اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قُلْ لِفُلَانٍ وَ عِزَّتِي لَوْ دَعَوْتَنِي حَتَّى تَنْقَطِعَ أَوْصَالُكَ مَا اسْتَجَبْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَرُدَّ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى مَا دَعَوْتَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ.

'Ilal al-Shara'i': My father, may God have mercy on him, from Sa'd b. 'Abdallah, from Hisham b. al-Hakam, from Abu 'Abdallah, peace be upon him, related that he said: In ages past there was a man who sought the world by lawful means and did not attain it. Then he pursued it by unlawful means and still did not reach it. Satan came to him and said: So-and-so, you have sought the world by lawful and unlawful means and have not attained it. Now, do you wish me to guide you to something by which your world may be made prosperous and abundant? The man said: Yes. Satan said: Invent a new religion and call people to it. The man did so, and people accepted his call and obeyed him. Some time passed and the man's world became prosperous and great wealth fell to him. But suddenly he came to himself and said: This religion I have invented and to which I have called people — I see no repentance for it except that I go to those I have led astray and turn them back from the religion to which I called them. So he went to his companions and followers and said: What I called you to and what you accepted is false and of my own making, not the religion of God. They said: You are lying and the truth is just that; you have come to doubt your own religion and have turned back from it. When the man saw this, he prepared a chain and fixed a stake to it and put the chain round his neck and drove the stake into the ground and said: I shall not loose the chain from my neck until the Truth, exalted be He, accepts my repentance. The Truth, exalted be He, revealed to a prophet of the prophets of that age: Tell so-and-so: By My might and greatness, if you call upon Me until the joints of your bones part from one another, I shall not answer you unless you bring back to life all those who have died in your religion and turn them back from your false and invented religion.

سن، المحاسن أبی عن ابن أبي عمير مثله- ضا، فقه الرضا عليه السلام مثله.

Al-Mahasin: From Ibn Abi 'Umayr the like of it is related. Fiqh al-Rida, peace be upon him: The like of it is related.

«16»- يد، التوحيد ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرَّيَّانِ ١ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ مَا آمَنَ بِي مَنْ فَسَّرَ بِرَأْيِهِ كَلَامِي وَ مَا عَرَفَنِي مَنْ شَبَّهَنِي بِخَلْقِي وَ مَا عَلَى دِينِي مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلَ الْقِيَاسَ فِي دِينِي.

Al-Tawhid, 'Uyun Akhbar al-Rida, peace be upon him, and Amali al-Saduq: Al-Imam al-Rida, peace be upon him, related from his fathers, from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, and said: God the Exalted said: Whoever interprets My words by his own opinion has not believed in Me; and whoever likens Me to My creatures has not truly known Me; and whoever makes use of analogy in My religion is not of My religion.

ج، الإحتجاج مرسلا مثله.

Al-Ihtijaj: The like of it is related.