دَعوَةُ العَقلِ إلى دَفعِ الضَّرَرِ المُحتَمَلِ The Call of the Intellect to Repel Probable Harm

1- قال الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) لعبدِ الكريمِ بنِ أبي العَوْجاءِ وهُو مُنْكِرٌ للمَبدَاَء والمَعادِ ـ : إنْ يَكُنِ الأمُر كما تَقولُ ـ ولَيس كما تَقولُ ـ نَجَوْنا ونَجَوْتَ، و إنْ يَكُنِ الأمرُ كما نَقولُ ـ وهُو كما نَقولُ ـ نَجَوْنا وهَلَكْتَ. فأقْبَلَ عبدُالكريمِ على مَن مَعهُ فقالَ: وَجَدتُ فيقَلبي حَزازَةً فَرُدّوني ، فَرَدُّوهُ وماتَ.


1– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said to `Abd al-Karim b. Abel `Awja who was a denier of the origin and the end [resurrection], ‘If the matter is as you say [i.e. denial], which of course it is not, then both of us will be saved, however if the matter is as we say, which is of course the truth, then we will be saved and you will be destroyed.’ Then `Abd al-Karim turned to his disciples and said, ‘I have found anguish and anxiety in my heart, take me from here’, so they took him and he died thereafter.’[al-Tawhid, p. 298, no. 6]