٩ - حدثنا أبو الحسن محمد بن عمرو بن علي البصري  قال: حدثنا أبو الحسن علي بن الحسن المثنى  قال: حدثنا أبو الحسن  علي بن مهرويه القزويني، قال: حدثنا أبو أحمد الغازي، قال: حدثنا علي بن موسى الرضا قال: حدثنا أبي موسى بن جعفر، قال: حدثنا أبي جعفر بن محمد، قال: حدثنا أبي محمد بن علي، قال: حدثنا أبي علي بن الحسين، قال: حدثنا أبي الحسين ابن علي عليهم السلام، قال: سمعت أبي علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام يقول: الأعمال على ثلاثة أحوال: فرائض وفضائل ومعاصي  وأما الفرائض فبأمر الله عز وجل، وبرضى الله وقضاء الله وتقديره ومشيته وعلمه، وأما الفضائل فليست بأمر الله ولكن برضى الله و بقضاء الله وبقدر الله وبمشيته وبعلمه، وأما المعاصي فليست بأمر الله  ولكن بقضاء الله وبقدر الله وبمشيته وبعلمه، ثم يعاقب عليها. قال مصنف هذا الكتاب: قضاء الله عز وجل في المعاصي حكمه فيها، ومشيته في المعاصي نهيه عنها، وقدره فيها علمه بمقاديرها ومبالغها .
9. Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn `Amr ibn `Ali al-Basri said: Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn al-Hasan alMuthanna said: Abu al-Hasan `Ali ibn Mihraway al-Qazwini said: Abu Ahmad al-Ghazi said: `Ali ibn Musa al-Rida related to me that My father Musa ibn Ja`far said: My father Ja`far ibn Muhammad said: My father Muhammad ibn `Ali said: My father `Ali ibn al-Husayn said: My father al-Husayn ibn Ali  said I heard my father `Ali ibn Abu Talib  say: Actions have three states: obligations, merits, and sins. As for obligations, the form part of the command of Allah, the Mighty and High, His Pleasure, His destiny, His Decree, His Will and His Knowledge. As for merits, the do not form part of the command of Allah; rather, they form part of His Pleasure, His Destiny, His Divine Decree, His Will, and His Knowledge. As for sins, they do not form part of the command of Allah; rather, they form part of His Destiny, His Divine Decree, His Will, and His Knowledge. Hence, he will punish people because of them. The Compiler of this book says: With regards to sins, the predestination of Allah, the Mighty and High, resides in His Order regarding them. With regards to sins, His Will resides in His Prohibition of them. With regards to sins, His Divine Decree resides in His Knowledge of their measures and their extents.