The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 151 (#Ḥadīth #43)

43 - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِم أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْمَد الْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدبن يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو ذكوان قالَ: سَمِعتُ إِبْراهيمِ بْنِ العَبَّاسِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضا a.sُ وَقَدْ سأله رَجُل أيُكَلِّف اللَّه العِبادِ ما لايطيقون فَقالَ هُوَأعدل من ذلِكَ قالَ أفيقدرون عَلَى كُلِّ ما أَرادَوههم أعجز من ذلِكَ.

11-43 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Hussein ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Abu Zakwan, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Al-Abbas, “I heard someone ask Al-Ridha (s), ‘Does God ever order the servants to do what is beyond their ability to do?’ The Imam (s) replied, ‘He is more Just than to do that.’ The man asked, ‘Are they able to do whatever they wish?’ The Imam (s) replied, ‘They are weaker than that.’”

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