١ - حدثنا علي بن عبد الله الوراق، ومحمد بن أحمد السناني، وعلي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رحمهم الله، قالوا: حدثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن جعفر بن سليمان البصري، عن عبد الله بن الفضل الهاشمي قال: سألت أبا عبد الله جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام، عن قول الله عز وجل: ﴿من يهد الله فهو المهتد ومن يضلل فلن تجد له وليا مرشدا﴾  فقال: إن الله تبارك وتعالى يضل الظالمين يوم القيامة عن دار كرامته، ويهدي أهل الإيمان والعمل الصالح إلى جنته كما قال عز وجل: (ويضل الله الضالمين ويفعل الله ما يشاء)  وقال عز وجل (إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات يهديهم ربهم بإيمانهم تجري من تحتهم الأنهار في جنات النعيم) (١) قال: فقلت: قوله عز وجل: (وما توفيقي إلا بالله) (٢) وقوله عز وجل: ﴿إن ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم وإن يخذلكم فمن ذا الذي ينصركم من بعده﴾  فقال: إذا فعل العبد ما أمره الله عز وجل به من الطاعة كان فعله وفقا لأمر الله عز وجل وسمي العبد به موفقا، وإذا أراد العبد أن يدخل في شئ من معاصي الله فحال الله تبارك وتعالى بينه وبين تلك المعصية فتركها كان تركه لها بتوفيق الله تعالى ذكره، ومتى خلى بينه وبين تلك المعصية فلم يحل بينه وبينها حتى يرتكبها فقد خذله ولم ينصره ولم يوفقه . 
1. `Ali ibn `Abd Allah al-Warraq; Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sinani; and `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq (may Allah have mercy on them) all said: Abu al-`Abbas Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya al-Qittan said: Bakr ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hubayb said: Tamim ibn Bahlul said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja`far ibn Sulayman al-Basri, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl al-Hashimi that I asked Abu `Abd Allah Ja`far ibn Muhammad  about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the rightly guided one and whomsoever He causes to err, you shall not find for him any friend to lead (him) aright. Therefore, he  explained: Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, leads astray the oppressors on the Day of Judgment from the abode of His Kindness, and guides the Faithful ones and the ones with good deeds, to paradise, as He, the Mighty and High, says: And Allah causes the unjust to go astray, and Allah does what He pleases. The Mighty and High says: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, their Lord will guide them by their faith; there shall flow from beneath them rivers in gardens of bliss. He says: I asked, “What about the Word of Mighty and High: And with none but Allah is the direction of my affair to a right issue, and His Word, the Mighty and High: If Allah assist you, then there is none that can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him? Thus, he  replied: If a servant carried out what Allah, the Mighty and High, commands him to do in terms of obedience, then his action would be in accordance with the Command of Allah, the Mighty and High, and the servants will be directed. However, if a servant intends to disobey Allah, then Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, obstructs him from that disobedience, refraining him from it. If the servant was refrained from disobedience it was due to Allah’s guidance, Exalted be His Remembrance. Whenever He leaves him to disobedience, and does not present him from disobedience, then Allah has forsaken him, and decided not to guide him and assist him.