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A Comprehensive Compilation of Reliable Narrations · Hadith 468 (#Ḥadīth #2)

Chapter 6 | Attributes of Essence and Action. The Meaning of God’s Will

[351/2] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى الاشعري، عن الحسين ابن سعيد الاهوازي، عن النضر بن سويد، عن عاصم بن حميد، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: قلت: لم يزل الله مريدا؟ قال: إن المريد لا يكون إلا لمراد معه، لم يزل الله عالما قادرا ثم أراد

2. [2/351] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya al-Attar from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa al-Ash’ari from al-Husayn b. Sai’d al-Ahwazi from al-Nadhr b. Suwayd from A’sim b. Humayd from Abi Abdillah . He (A’sim) said: I said: Allah never stopped willing? He said: The one who wills cannot be (considered as such) except that what is willed is (present) with Him. (Instead say:) Allah never stopped being knowledgeable and powerful and then He willed.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).