A Comprehensive Compilation of Reliable Narrations · Hadith 472 (#Ḥadīth #6)
Chapter 6 | Attributes of Essence and Action. The Meaning of God’s Will
[355/6] الكافي: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن عمر بن اذينة، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: خلق الله المشيئة بنفسها ثم خلق الاشياء بالمشيئة
6. [6/355] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Ibn Udhayna from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: Allah created the Will on its own (by itself). Then He created the things through (the intermediacy of) the Will.
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).