The Author

Introduction

Tract on The Beliefs of The Shi'a Imamiya

The Belief of The Imamiya Concerning Tawhid

Attributes Of (His) Essence And Of (His) Actions

Belief Concerning Taklif (Responsibility)

The Belief In Respect Of Human Actions

Regarding the Denial of Both Constraint And Delegation

The Belief Concerning (Allah's) Intention (Irada) And Will (Mashi'a)

Concerning (qada') Destiny And Decree (qadar)

Concerning Man's Original Nature (fitra)  And His True Guidance (hidaya)

Belief In The Capacity Of Human Beings (al-istita'a)

Regarding the Source of Creation (mabda' )

Concerning Abstention From Disputation (jadal) And Contention About Allah (mira')

Concerning The Tablet (lawh) And The Pen (qalam)

Regarding The Chair (Kursi)

Concerning The Throne

Concerning Souls (nufus) And Spirits (arwah )

Concerning Death (mawt )

Concerning The Questioning In The Grave

Concerning Resurrection (Raj'a)

Concerning Return (Ba'th) After Death

Concerning The Pond (al-Hawd)

Concerning Intersession (ash-shafa'a)

Concerning The Promise (al-wa`d) And The Threat (al-wa'id)

Concerning What is Written Against The Slave

Concerning Justice (al-'adl)

Concerning Purgatory (al-A'raf)

Concerning The Bridge (as-Sirat)

Passes On the Road to Mahshar

Concerning The Reckoning (al-hisab) And The Scales (al-mawazin)

Concerning The Garden (al-janna) And The Fire (an-nar)

The Manner Of Descent Of Revelation (nuzulu'l-wahy)

Revelation Of The Qur'an In The Night Of Power

The Belief Concerning The Qur'an

Concerning the Extent of The Qur’an

Concerning Prophets Apostles, Imams And Angels

The Number of Prophets And Vicegerents

Concerning Infallibility ('isma)

The Denial Of Excess And Delegation

Belief Concerning Evil Doers

Concerning Dissimulation (Taqiyya)

The Ancestors Of The Prophet

Concerning The Alids ('alawiya)

Concerning Reports Detailed And Summary

Concerning Prohibition And Permission

Concerning The Reports Regarding Medicine

Concerning Two Divergent Traditions

This text is a translation of one of the most important works of Shayh
Saduq; it presents a summary of all of the core tenets of the Shi'ite
creed.


A Shi'ite Creed

Concerning Justice (al-'adl)
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**Concerning Justice (al-'adl)**[^1]

Says the Shaykh Abu Ja'far: Verily Allah, Who is Blessed and Exalted
above all others, has commanded us to be just, while He Himself treats
us with something even better, namely, grace *(tafaddul*[^2]*).* And
that is because He, the Glorious and Mighty says:

***“Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof;
while whoso bringeth an evil deed will be awarded the like thereof; and
they shall not be wronged” (Qur'an 6:160)***.

Justice (al-\`adl) means that He requites[^3] a good act with a good act
and an evil act with an evil act. The Prophet said: No man ever enters
Paradise by virtue of his (good) actions (alone), except by the mercy of
Allah the Glorious and Mighty.

[^1]: On God's Justice see MC, 60-63 (Fiqh Akbar II, art. 22), 195, 234;
BHA, has a very long and elaborate section on Allah's Justice, arts. 1 I
1 -151 , but this contains good and evil, free will and predestination,
taklif, etc. But see principally, nos. 149 -- 151. The Shiites lay great
stress on \`adl; not so the Sunnites. See BHA, 95, note to
no.111;Shahrastani,29;Macdonald,Development, 136; the only reference in
Taw. is on p.61. FC, no. 84.

[^2]: Compare BHA, no. 151.

[^3]: Reading with D يثيب N. err. يثبت


