مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنِ الاسْتِطَاعَةِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ دَخْلَةً أُخْرَى فَقُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله إِنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي قَلْبِي مِنْهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ لا يُخْرِجُهُ إِلا شَيْ‏ءٌ أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْكَ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لا يَضُرُّكَ مَا كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله إِنِّي أَقُولُ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَمْ يُكَلِّفِ الْعِبَادَ مَا لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ وَلَمْ يُكَلِّفْهُمْ إِلا مَا يُطِيقُونَ وَأَنَّهُمْ لا يَصْنَعُونَ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلا بِإِرَادَةِ الله وَمَشِيئَتِهِ وَقَضَائِهِ وَقَدَرِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ هَذَا دِينُ الله الَّذِي أَنَا عَلَيْهِ وَآبَائِي أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ.
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from certain persons of our people from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurara from Hamza ibn Humran who said the following:
“Once I asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about capability but he did not reply. In another meeting I said, ‘May Allah keep you well, something happens to my heart that will not go away until I will get an answer from you.’ The Imam said, ‘What is in your heart will not harm you.’ I said, ‘May Allah keep you well. I say that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, does not hold people responsible for what they are not capable of doing or do not have the power to act. They do not do anything except with the will of Allah, His wish, decree and determination.’ The Imam said, ‘This is the religion of Allah that my forefathers and I follow,’ or that the Imam made a similar expression.”