It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from al- Hajjal from abu Ishaq Tha'laba from Zurara ibn A'yun from one of the two Imams who has said the
following.
"Allah is best worshipped with belief in al-Bada'. In another Hadith from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said, "Allah's Greatness is not realized as
good as it is realized with belief in al-Bad."
H 365, Ch. 24, h 2
It is narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim and Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari and others from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) whos has said the following about
the words of Allah.
"God establishes or effaces whatever He wants . . ." (13:39) The Imam (a.s.) said, "Can anything be affaced without being established? Can anything be esblished unless it is out of
nothing?"
H 366, Ch. 24, h 3
It is narrated from Ali from his father from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"Allah did not send any messenger without three conditions. (a) Acknowledgement of being His servant and worshipper (b) To acknowledge that there is nothing like Him and (c) that Allah may
bring forwards whatever He would so will and takes backwards whatever He would so will."
H 367, Ch. 24, h 4
It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Zurara from humran from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following.
"I asked the Imam about the words of Allah, "It is He who has created you from clay to live for a life-time and the span of your life is only known to Him. . . ." (6:2) The Imam said,
"There are two appointed times. One is is a definit time and the other is the conditional one."
H 368, Ch. 24, h 5
It is narrated from Ahmad ibn Mahran from 'Abdal 'Azim ibn 'Abdallah al-Hassani from Ali ibn Asbat from Khalaf ibn Hammad from ibn Maskan from Malik al-Juhanni who has said the
following.
"I asked Imam abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah "Does he not remember that We created him when he did not exist?" (19:67)
The Imam (a.s.) said, "It means that he did not exist in a definit or in the form of a being." I asked the Imam about the words of Allah, "There was certainly a time when there was no
mention of the human being" (76:1)
The Imam said, " It was definit but not mentioned."
H 369, Ch. 24, h 6
It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Isma'il from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammad ibn 'Isa from Rabi' ibn 'Abdallah from al-fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following. "I heard abu Ja'far
(a.s.) saying, "There are two kinds of knolwedge. One kind is hidden with Allah of which no one of his creatures has any information.
The other kind of knowledge is the knowledge of His angels and His messengers. Whatever knowledge He has given to His angels and messengers it will come to pass. He will not speak a lie not
will He let His angels or messengers to do so. The knowledge that is hidden with Him of this He brings forwards whatever He would will and takes back whatever would He will so and establishes
whatever would He will so."
H 371, Ch. 24, h 8
It is narrated from a number of our people from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from ibn abu 'Umayr from Ja'far ibn 'Uthman from Suma'a from abu Basir and Wahab ibn Hafs from abu Basir from abu
'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"Allah has two kinds of knowledge. There is the hidden, treasured knowledge of which one has any information except Allah. From this knowledge comes al-Bada'. There is the knowledge that
Allah has given to His angels, His messengers and His prophets and we know this knowledge."
H 372, Ch. 24, h 9
It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn sa'id from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from 'Abdallah ibn Sinan from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the
following.
"Nothing appeared to Allah in a thing except that He knew it before al-Bada' would take place."
H 373, Ch. 24, h 10
It is narrated from him from Ahmad from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faddal from Dawud ibn Farqad from 'Amr ibn 'Uthman al-Juhanni from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the
following.
"Al-Bada' does not takke place to Allah out of ignorance."
H 374, Ch. 24, h 11
It is narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from Muhammad ibn ibn 'Isa from Yunus from Mansur ibn Hazim who has said the following.
I asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), "Can anything happen today that was not in the knowledge of Allah the day before?' The Imam (a.s.) said, "No, this does not happen. Whoever would say so Allah
will make him to suffer a great deal." I then said, "Do you consider that all that were there and all that will take place up to the Day of Judgment are all in the knowledge of Allah?" The Imam
said, "Yes, it was so before He created the creatures."
H 375, Ch. 24, h 12
It is narrated from Ali ibn Muhammad from Yunus from Malik al-Juhanni who has said the following.
"I heard Imam abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) saying, 'Had the people known of the reward in the belief in al-Bada' there would have been no weakness in their words about it."
H 376, Ch. 24, h 13
It is narrated from a number of our peole from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid fro some of our people from Muhammad ibn 'Amr al-Kufi brother of Yahya from Murazim ibn Hakimwhos has said the
following.
I heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) saying, "No prophet has ever proclaimed prophethood before acknowledging before Allah about five things. Acknowledgement of al-Bada', of the wish of Allah, the
prostration, affirmation of worshipping and obedience."
H 377, Ch. 24, h 14
With the same chain of narrators it is narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from Yunus from Jahm ibn abu Jahma from whom he narrated from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has
said the following.
"Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, inform Prophet Muhammad about all that was there from the beginning of the world and that will be there to the end of the world. He informed him about
is definit in them and made an except about what is otherwise."
H 378, Ch. 24, h 15
It is narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from al-Rayyan ibn al-Salt who has said the following.
"I heard Imam al-Rida (a.s.) saying, "Allah never sent a prophet without the law that prohibits the use of wine and without belief in al-Bada.'"
H 379, Ch. 24, h 16
It is narrated from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad who has said the following.
"The 'Alim (scholar) was asked, 'How is the knowledge of Allah?" He replied, "He knew, He wanted, He willed, He measured, He decreed and He allowed it to happen. He let happen what He had
decreed and decreed what he had measured and measured what He had willed.
From His knowledge was His wish. From His wish was His will and from His will was His measuring. From His measuring was His decree and from His decree was His letting it to happen.
Knowledge is before the wish. The wish is the second and the will is the third.
Measuring happens up on the decree to let it happen. For Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, there is al-Bada' in whatever He knows when He wants and in the will to measure things. When
the decree is issued to let it happen then there is no al-Bada'. Thus, the knowledge of the object of knowledge is before it comes into existence.
The wish for the object of wish is before its substance. The will in what iis willed iis before it is established. The measuring of these objects of knowledge is before their details and
before their reaching the stage of being manifested in their substance and time.
The decree to let it happen is decisive in the acts with body and what is perceived with the senses of the colored having smells and weight and measurement and things walking, crawling and
creeping on earth of man, Jinn, birds, beasts and others that are comprehended with the senses.
Al-Bada' happens with Allah in the matters that have no substance. When substance and meaning would appear then there is no al-Bada'. Allah does whatever He wants. With knowledge He has the
knowledge of the things before their coming into existence. With the wish He has the knowledge their qualities and their limits. He invented them before they became manifest.
With the will He distinguished them in their colors and qualities. With measurement He measured their sustenance and and made their beginning and end. With the decree Ahe made public for
people theiir places and guided them thereto. With the letting them to happen He explained the reaasons and made the affairs public. This how is the planing of the Most Majestic, the
All-knowing."
