Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

574 'Ali's attitude towards the Kharijites and Shia
requital. BEveryone shall taste death. And only on the Day of
Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is
removed away from the fire and admitted to paradise, he indeed is
successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception
[a deceiving thing].), (Qur'an 3: 185)
The Jew Ibn Saba' played a role in laying the foundations of
the principle of raj 'ah, except that he said that it only applied to 'Ali
(&); moreover, he denied that death ever befell him in the first
piace, just as the Tweivers said about the Mahdi who they claim
existed. The Imami Shia belief in raj'ah is contrary to what is well
established in Islam: that there will be no resurrection before the Day
of Resurrection and that when Allah (&) warns a disbeliever or
wrongdoer, He is only warning them about the Day of Resurrection.
It is also contrary to the verses and mutaw2~ hadiths which clearly
state that there is no returning to this world before the Day of
Resurrection.
3.11. Their belief in bada'
(change in the divine decree)
Another of the basic beliefs of the Twelvers is bada', or change
in the divine decree. They exaggerated about this idea and said that
Allah (&) is never worshipped with anything better than belief in
bada';"05 Allah (&) is never glorified with anything like bada';'lo6
if the people knew what reward there is in believing in bada', they
would never stop talking about it;"07 and every Prophet sent by
Allah ($) forbade alcohol and affirmed belief in bada'.1'08 It seems
that the one who established this belief among the Twelvers is the
one whom they call 'the tnistworthy of Islam', their shaykh al-
Kulayni (d. 328 or 329 AH). He placed this in the section on basic
beliefs in al-Kiifi, where he included it in the book of Tawheed, and
he devoted to it a chapter entitled 'Chapter on change in the divine