٤ - حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، عن أبي أحمد محمد بن زياد الازدي، عن الفضل بن يونس، قال: كان ابن أبي العوجاء من تلامذة الحسن البصري، فانحرف عن التوحيد، فقيل له: تركت مذهب صاحبك، ودخلت فيما لا أصل له ولا حقيقة؟ فقال: إن صاحبي كان مخلطا، كان يقول طورا بالقدر، وطورا بالجبر، وما أعلمه اعتقد مذهبا دام عليه. قال: ودخل مكة تمردا وإنكارا على من يحج، وكان يكره العلماء مساءلته  إياهم ومجالسته لهم، لخبث لسانه، وفساد ضميره، فأتى الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام) فجلس إليه في جماعة من نظرائه، ثم قال له: يا أبا عبد الله، إن المجالس أمانات، ولا بد لكل من كان به سعال أن يسعل، فتأذن لي في الكلام؟ فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): تكلم بما شئت. فقال ابن أبي العوجاء: إلى كم تدوسون هذا البيدر، وتلوذون بهذا الحجر، وتعبدون هذا البيت المرفوع بالطوب (١) والمدر، وتهرولون حوله هرولة البعير إذا نفر، من فكر في هذا أو قدر، علم أن هذا فعل أسسه غير حكيم ولا ذي نظر، فقل فإنك رأس هذا الامر وسنامه، وأبوك اسه ونظامه. فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): إن من أضله الله وأعمى قلبه، استوخم الحق فلم يستعذبه، وصار الشيطان وليه، يورده مناهل الهلكة ثم لا يصدره، وهذا بيت استعبد الله به خلقه، ليختبر طاعتهم في إتيانه، فحثهم على تعظيمه وزيارته، وقد جعله محل الانبياء، وقبلة للمصلين له، وهو شعبة من رضوانه، وطريق يؤدي إلى غفرانه، منصوب على استواء الكمال ومجتمع العظمة، خلقه الله قبل دحو الارض بألفي عام، وأحق من اطيع فيما أمر، وانتهي عما نهى عنه وزجر، الله المنشئ للارواح والصور. فقال ابن أبي العوجاء: ذكرت - يا أبا عبد الله - فأحلت على غائب. فقال: ويلك، وكيف يكون غائبا من هو مع خلقه شاهد، وإليهم أقرب من حبل الوريد، يسمع كلامهم، ويرى أشخاصهم، ويعلم أسرارهم، وإنما المخلوق الذي إذا انتقل من مكان، اشتغل به مكان، وخلا منه مكان، فلا يدري في المكان الذي صار إليه ما حدث في المكان الذي كان فيه، فأما الله العظيم الشأن الملك الديان، فإنه لا يخلو منه مكان، ولا يشتغل به مكان، فلا يكون إلى مكان أقرب منه إلى مكان، والذي بعثه بالآيات المحكمة والبراهين الواضحة وأيده بنصره، واختاره لتبليغ رسالاته، صدقنا قوله بأن ربه بعثه وكلمه.  فقام عنه ابن أبي العوجاء، وقال لاصحابه: من ألقاني في بحر (١) هذا؟ سألتكم أن تلتمسوا لي خمرة، فألقيتموني على جمرة. قالوا: ما كنت في مجلسه إلا حقيرا. قال: إنه ابن من حلق رؤوس من ترون (٢).
Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur (rh) narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Abi Ahmad Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi from al-Fadl b. Yunus. He said: Ibn Abi’l `Awja’ was from the students of al-Hasan al-Basri. He deviated from monotheism. It was said to him: You abandoned the school of your companion to enter that which has no basis and no reality? So, he said: Surely, my companion was confused – he would venture into free will, then he would venture into fatalism. I do not think he has a school that he [consistently] remains upon. He said: He came to Mecca to disturb and denounce the pilgrims. The scholars hated sitting with him and receiving his questions due to his filthy tongue and corrupted thinking. So, he met al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad  and sat with a group of his peers. Then, he said to him: O Aba `Abdillah! Gatherings are trusts, and everyone that has a cough must cough. So, do you permit me to speak? So, al-Sadiq  said: Say what you wish. So, Ibn Abi’l `Awja’ said: Until when do you want to continue stepping on here, taking refuge to this stone, worshiping this House made of mud and clay; running around it like donkeys? If anyone were to think or reflect on this, he would know that this action is not founded on wisdom or insight. So, speak, for you are the head and the pillar of this matter, and your father founded it and organized it. So, al-Sadiq  said: He who is led astray by Allah, who blinds his heart, hates the truth and is uncomfortable with it. Satan becomes his friend, and he leads him to the avenues of destruction. This is the House that Allah chose to examine the worship of His creatures and their obedience in coming toward it. He encourages them to venerate it and visit it. He made it the place of His prophets and the qibla of those who pray to Him. It is a way to His satisfaction and a path that leads to His forgiveness. It is derived from the uprightness of perfection and the gathering of greatness. Allah created it two thousand years before He stretched out the Earth. He is more rightful to be obeyed in what He commands and what He prohibits and rebukes, for Allah is the Originator of spirits and forms. So, Ibn Abi’l `Awja’ said: You have spoken, Aba `Abdillah, by resorting to that which absent. So, he said: Beware – how could He be absent when He is the witness over His creation? He is nearer to them than the jugular vein. He hears their words, He sees their persons, and He knows their secrets. It is only the creation that moves away from a place, and becomes busy with a place, and becomes absent from a place, and becomes heedless of what happens in the place he moved away from. As for Allah, the Great, the King, the Judge, no place is absent from Him and no place busies Him, so no place is closer to Him than another. By Him who commissioned him with firm signs and clear proofs, and aided him with His support, and chose him to preach His message, we have validated his claim that his Lord sent him and spoke to him. So, Ibn Abi’l `Awja’ walked away from him, and said to his companions: Who threw me into this ocean? I asked you to seek wine for me, yet you threw me onto a hot coal. They said: You were a fool in his gathering. He said: Surely, he is the son of the one who shaved the heads of those you see.