Hadith 19

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – Al Daqaq, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Taie, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Ja’far Al Kufy who said, ‘I heard my Master Ali-asws Bin Muhammad-asws saying: ‘It was narrated to me-asws by my-asws father Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, from his-asws father Al-Reza Ali-asws Bin Musa-asws, from his-asws father Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, from his-asws father Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, from his-asws father Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, from his-asws father-asws. And it was narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Umar Al Hafiz Al Baghdady, from Is’haq Bin Ja’far Al Alawy, from his father, from Suleyman Bin Muhammad Al Qarshy, from Ismail Bin Abu Ziyad, ‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from Ali-asws. And it was narrated to me by Abu Al Hassan Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Farsy Al Garaimy, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Ibn Rameeh Al Naswy, from Abdul Aziz Bin Is’haq Bin Ja’far, from Abdul Wahab Bin Isa Al Maruzy, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Al Balwy, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Najeeh, from his father, ‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from his-asws father-asws. And it was narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qatan, from Al Sakry, from Al Jowhary, from Al Abbas Bin Bakar Al Zaby, from Abu Bakr Al Hazly, from Ikrama, from Ibn Abbas, they said, ‘When Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws left from (the battle of) Siffeen, there stood up to him-asws an old man from the one who had witnessed the event with him, and he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Inform us about this journey of ours, is it by an Ordainment from Allah-azwj and Pre-determination? ’
And Al-Reza-asws said in his-asws reporting from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws: ‘A man from the people of Iraq came to Amir Al-Momineen-asws and he said, ‘Inform us about our going out to the people of Syria, it is by an Ordainment from Allah-azwj and Pre-determined? ’
Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to him: ‘Yes, O Sheykh! By Allah-azwj, you did not ascend a hill nor descend in the bottom of a valley, except by an Ordainment from Allah-azwj and Pre-determination’. The sheykh said, ‘Is there in the Presence of Allah-azwj an account of my troubles, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws? ’ He-asws said: ‘Shh, no, O sheykh! Perhaps you think