Al-Khu’i believes in the authority of creation (Al-Wilayat-ut-Takwiniyyah)

Abu l-Qasim Al-Khu’i writes:

ู…ู† ูŠุนุชู‚ุฏ ุจุฃู† ุงู„ุฃุฆู…ุฉ ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ุนุจุงุฏ ู…ูƒุฑู…ูˆู† ูˆู‡ู… ุฃุดุฑู ุงู„ู…ุฎู„ูˆู‚ุงุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ ูˆู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูƒุฑู…ู‡ู… ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุชุนุงู„ู‰ ูุฌุนู„ู‡ู… ูˆุณุงุฆุท ู„ู„ููŠุถ ููŠุณู†ุฏ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ู… ุฃู…ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุชุดุฑูŠุน ูˆุงู„ุชูƒูˆูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุถุฑุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅุณู†ุงุฏ ูƒู…ุง ูŠุณู†ุฏ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุชุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู„ูƒ ูŠุณู†ุฏ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุชุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ูˆุช ูˆุงู„ุฑุฒู‚ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ูŠูƒุงุฆูŠู„ ูˆุงู„ู…ุทุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ุทุฑ ุจู„ ููŠ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุฅุณู†ุงุฏ ุงู„ุฎู„ู‚ ูˆุดูุงุก ุงู„ู…ุฑุถู‰ ูˆุฅุญูŠุงุก ุงู„ู…ูˆุชู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนูŠุณ ุจู† ู…ุฑูŠู… ุนู„ูŠู‡ู…ุง ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ููŠ ู‚ูˆู„ู‡ ุชุนุงู„ู‰ ุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุฎู„ู‚ ู„ูƒู… ู…ู† ุงู„ุทูŠู† ูƒู‡ูŠุฆุฉ ุงู„ุทูŠุฑ ูุฃู†ูุฎ ููŠู‡ ููŠูƒูˆู† ุทูŠุฑุง ุจุฅุฐู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุฃุจุฑุฆ ุงู„ุฃูƒู…ู‡ ูˆุงู„ุฃุจุฑุต ูˆุฃุญูŠ ุงู„ู…ูˆุชู‰ ุจุฅุฐู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูุงู„ุงุนุชู‚ุงุฏ ุจุฃู†ู‡ู… ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ุฑุงุฒู‚ูˆ ุงู„ุฎู„ู‚ ูˆู…ุญูŠูˆู‡ู… ูˆู…ู…ูŠุชูˆู‡ู… ุจู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู†ู‰ ุฃูŠ ุจู…ุนู†ู‰ ู‚ุฏุฑุชู‡ู… ุนู„ู‰ ุฐู„ูƒ ุจุฅู‚ุฏุงุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุชุนุงู„ู‰ ุจุญูŠุซ ู„ุง ูŠุฑุฌุน ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุงุนุชู‚ุงุฏ ุจุฑุจูˆุจูŠุชู‡ู… ูˆู„ุง ุจุชููˆูŠุถ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ู… ู„ุง ู…ุญุฐูˆุฑ ููŠู‡ ูˆู„ุง ูŠูˆุฌุจ ุงู„ูƒูุฑ ุจู„ ู‡ูˆ ู…ู† ุงู„ุบู„ูˆ ุงู„ุญุณู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ุง ุจุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุงู„ุชุฒุงู… ุจู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ู„ุฉ

,,Whoever believes, that the Imams (a.) are honored servants and the most venerable of creatures and that God honored them for this reason, whereupon He made them the means of gracefulness and entrusted to them the matters of legislation (Tashri’) and creation (Takwin) in a certain form, just as how He entrusted the causing of the death to an angel and that is the angel of death and the provision to Michael and the rain to the angel of rain, much more, that Jesus, the son of Mary (a.), as it is written in the Qur’an, was entrusted with the creation, the healing of the sick and the reviving of the dead, in His statement: ๏ดพThat I create you from clay, which is like the form of a bird. Hereupon I breathe into it so that by the permission of God it becomes a bird and I heal the blind and the lepers and by the permission of God I raise the dead to life.๏ดฟ (3:49) So believing in it is not forbidden, that they are the providers of creation and the ones who cause them death and give them life, in the sense, that they are enabled to do so by the power of God, so that it does not lead to believing that they are the Lord (God), nor that the matter has been transferred (Tafwid) to them and this does not result in disbelief. Much more this is the good (form of) exaggeration (Ghuluww), from which there is no escape (Budd), to hold on to it on the whole.” [Fiqh-ush-Shi’ah, volume 3, page 134]

ู…ู†ู‡ู… ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุนุชู‚ุฏ ุจุฑุจูˆุจูŠุฉ ุฃู…ูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุคู…ู†ูŠู† ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ูˆู„ุง ุจุชููˆูŠุถ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุฑ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ูˆุบูŠุฑู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุฆู…ุฉ ุงู„ุทุงู‡ุฑูŠู† ูˆู„ุงุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ู… ุนุงู…ู„ูˆู† ู„ู„ู‡ ุณุจุญุงู†ู‡ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ู… ุฃูƒุฑู… ุงู„ู…ุฎู„ูˆู‚ูŠู† ุนู†ุฏู‡ ููŠู†ุณุจ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ุฑุฒู‚ ูˆุงู„ุฎู„ู‚ ูˆู†ุญูˆู‡ู…ุง ู„ุง ุจู…ุนู†ู‰ ุฅุณู†ุงุฏู‡ุง ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ุนุงู…ู„ ููŠู‡ุง ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุจู„ ูƒุฅุณู†ุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ูˆุช ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ูˆุช ูˆุงู„ู…ุทุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ุทุฑ ูˆุงู„ุฅุญูŠุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุนูŠุณู‰ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ูƒู…ุง ูˆุฑุฏ ููŠ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ูˆุฃุญูŠ ุงู„ู…ูˆุชู‰ ุจุฅุฐู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุบูŠุฑู‡ุง ู…ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ู…ู† ุฅุณู†ุงุฏ ูุนู„ ู…ู† ุฃูุนุงู„ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุณุจุญุงู†ู‡ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุนุงู…ู„ูŠู† ู„ู‡ ุจุถุฑุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅุณู†ุงุฏ ูˆู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุงุนุชู‚ุงโ€ุฏ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุณุชุชุจุน ู„ู„ูƒูุฑ ูˆู„ุง ู‡ูˆ ุฅู†ูƒุงุฑ ู„ู„ุถุฑูˆุฑูŠ ูุนุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‚ุณู… ู…ู† ุฃู‚ุณุงู… ุงู„ุบู„ูˆ ู†ุธูŠุฑ ู…ุง ู†ู‚ู„ ุนู† ุงู„ุตุฏูˆู‚ ู‚ุฏุณ ุณุฑู‡ ุนู† ุดูŠุฎู‡ ุงุจู† ุงู„ูˆู„ูŠุฏ ุฃู† ู†ููŠ ุงู„ุณู‡ูˆ ุนู† ุงู„ู†ุจูŠ ุตู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุขู„ู‡ ุฃูˆู„ ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุบู„ูˆ ูˆุงู„ุบู„ูˆ ุจู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู†ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑ ู…ู…ุง ู„ุง ู…ุญุฐูˆุฑ ููŠู‡ ุจู„ ู„ุง ู…ู†ุงุต ุนู† ุงู„ุงู„ุชุฒุงู… ุจู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ู„ุฉ

,,Among them is the one, who does not believe, that the Commander of the believers (a.) is the Lord (God) and the affairs have not been ceded to him (Tafwid) and he only believes, that he and the other pure Imams (a.) are the authorities and the doers for God and most venerable creatures with Him. So he attributes the provision, creation and other things in this direction to them, but not in the sense that it has been transferred to them in reality, since he believes that the one who is active in reality is God Himself. Much more, it is like the case of death being transferred to the angel of death and rain to the angel of rain and the reviving to Jesus (a.), as it is written in the Qur’an: ๏ดพAnd I raise the dead to life by the permission of God.๏ดฟ (3:49) And other than this, which is one of the acts of God, conferred on those who act for Him in a certain form and a belief like this does not result in disbelief nor is a necessary principle denied by it. So this form is counted among the forms of exaggeration (Ghuluw), which are similar, to what As-Saduq quoted from his teacher Ibn-ul-Walid: ๏ดพTo deny the Prophet (s.) of carelessness (Sahu) is the first stage of exaggeration.๏ดฟ And there is nothing forbidden about exaggeration (Ghuluww) in the latter sense. Much more so there is no way to avoid, adhering to it on the whole.” [At-Tanqih Fi Sharhi l-Urwati l-Wuthqa, Volume 3, page 68 – 69]

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