Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

[336/8] التوحيد: ابن المتوكل، عن الحميري، عن ابن عيسى، عن ابن محبوب، عن يعقوب السراج قال: قلت لابي عبد الله عليه السلام: إن بعض أصحابنا يزعم أن لله صورة مثل الانسان وقال آخر إنه في صورة أمرد جعد قطط! فخر أبو عبد الله عليه السلام ساجدا ثم رفع رأسه فقال: سبحان الله الذي ليس كمثله شئ، ولا تدركه الابصار، ولا يحيط به علم، لم يلد لان الولد يشبه أباه، ولم يولد فيشبه من كان قبله، ولم يكن له من خلقه كفوا أحد، تعالى عن صفة من سواه علوا كبيرا

8. [8/336] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Mutawakkil from al-Himyari from Ibn Isa from Ibn Mahbub from Ya’qub al-Sarraj who said: I said to Abi Abdillah عليه السلام: One of our companions claims that Allah has a form like that of a human and another says that He is in the form of a beardless youth with very curly hair! Abu Abdillah عليه السلام fell down in prostration then he raised his head and said: Glory be to Allah whom there is nothing like Him. Vision cannot reach Him. Knowledge cannot encompass Him. He does not give birth for an off-spring resembles his parent. He was not born so that He could resemble one who came before Him. He will never have among His creatures any rival. Elevated is He from the description of the one who equates Him - a great elevation.

[-/9] امالي الصدوق: محمد بن محمد بن عصام، عن الكليني، عن علان، عن محمد بن الفرج الرخجي قال: كتبت إلى أبي الحسن علي بن محمد عليهما السلام أسأله عما قال هشام بن الحكم في الجسم، وهشام بن سالم في الصورة. فكتب عليه السلام: دع عنك حيرة الحيران واستعذ بالله من الشيطان، ليس القول ما قال الهشامان

9. [9/-] Amali of al-Saduq: Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Assam from al-Kulayni from Allan from Muhammad b. al-Faraj al-Rukhaji who said: I wrote to Abi al-Hasan Ali b. Muhammad عليهما السلام asking him about the position of Hisham b. al-Hakam regarding ‘the body’ and the position of Hisham b. Salim regarding ‘the human form’. He wrote: Leave the confusion of the confused, seek refuge in Allah from the Shaytan, the (true) position is not what was said by the two Hishams.

[337/10] التوحيد ومعاني الاخبار: ابن عصام، عن الكليني، عن العلان، عن اليقطيني قال: سألت أبا الحسن علي بن محمد العسكري عليهما السلام عن قول الله عزوجل: وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّماوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ فقال: ذلك تعيير الله تبارك وتعالى لمن شبهه بخلقه، ألا ترى أنه قال: وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ ومعناه إذ قالوا: إن الارض جميعا قبضته يوم القيامة والسماوات مطويات بيمينه، كما قال عزوجل: وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ إذ قالوا: مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَشَرٍ مِنْ شَيْءٍ، ثم نزه عزوجل نفسه عن القبضة واليمين فقال: سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

10. [10/337] al-Tawhid and Ma’ani al-Akhbar: Ibn Assam from al-Kulayni from al-Allan from al-Yaqtini who said: I asked Aba al-Hasan Ali b. Muhammad al-Askari عليهما السلام about the words of Allah Mighty and Majestic: “the entire earth will be His grip on the Day of Resurrection and the Heavens will be folded in His right hand” (39:67). He said: That is a rebuke of Allah Blessed and Elevated against the one who likens Him to his creation. Don’t you see that He said (in the same verse): “they have not estimated Allah His true estimate” (39:67). The meaning of this is (a reply to) when they said: ‘the entire earth will be His grip on the Day of Resurrection and the heavens will be folded in His right hand’. This is just as He Mighty and Majestic said: “they have not estimated Allah His true estimate” (6:91) when they said: “Allah has not sent down anything to a human” (6:91). Then He Mighty and Majestic declared Himself free of (possessing attributes such as) ‘gripping’ and ‘right hand’ by saying: “Glorified is He and Elevated above what they associate (with Him)” (39:67).

[338/1] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن الحسين، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: كان الله عزوجل ولا شئ غيره ولم يزل عالما بما يكون، فعلمه به قبل كونه كعلمه به بعد كونه

1. [1/338] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Muhammad b. al-Husayn from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hisham b. Salim from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Ja’far عليه السلام. He (Muhammad b. Muslim) said: I heard him (the Imam) saying: Allah Mighty and Majestic was there and there was nothing other than Him. He always knew what was to be. His knowledge of it before it came into being is identical to His knowledge of it after it comes into being.

[339/2] الكافي: محمد بن يحيى، عن سعد بن عبدالله، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن أيوب بن نوح أنه كتب إلى أبي الحسن عليه السلام يسأله عن الله عزوجل أكان يعلم الاشياء قبل أن خلق الاشياء وكونها أو لم يعلم ذلك حتى خلقها وأراد خلقها وتكوينها فعلم ما خلق عندما خلق وما كون عند ما كون؟ فوقع بخطه: لم يزل الله عالما بالاشياء قبل أن يخلق الاشياء كعلمه بالاشياء بعد ما خلق الاشياء

2. [2/339] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Yahya from Sa’d b. Abdallah from Muhammad b. Isa from Ayyub b. Nuh that he wrote to Abi al-Hasan عليه السلام asking him about Allah Mighty and Majestic: Did He have knowledge of things before He created the things and brought them into existence or is it that He did not have prior knowledge of them until when He created them and intended their creation and bringing them into existence - so He knew about what He created at the moment of creation and what He brought into existence at the moment of bringing into existence? He wrote in his handwriting: Allah never stopped being knowledgeable about the things before he created the things the same as His knowledge of the things after He had created the things.

[340/3] التوحيد: أبي، عن سعد، عن ابن هاشم، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن ابن حازم، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قلت له: أرأيت ما كان وما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامة أليس كان في علم الله تعالى؟ قال: فقال: بلى قبل أن يخلق السماوات والارض

3. [3/340] al-Tawhid: My father from Sa’d from Ibn Hashim from Ibn Abi Umayr from Ibn Hazim from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام. He (Ibn Hazim) said: I said to him (the Imam): Consider all that which was and is to be up to the Day of Judgment - was it not in the knowledge of Allah the Elevated? He said: Yes. Before He created the Heavens and the Earth.

[341/4] التوحيد: ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن اليقطيني، عن يونس قال: قلت لابي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام: روينا أن الله علم لاجهل فيه، حياة لاموت فيه، نور لاظلمة فيه قال: كذلك هو

4. [4/341] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from al-Yaqtini from Yunus who said: I said to Abi al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام: We have narrated that Allah is Knowledge with no ignorance in Him. Life with no death in Him. Light with no darkness in Him. He said: That is who He is.

[342/5] التوحيد: ابن المتوكل، عن الحميري، عن ابن عيسى، عن ابن محبوب، عن ابن سنان، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه عليهما السلام قال: إن لله علما خاصا، وعلما عاما فأما العلم الخاص فالعلم الذي لم يطلع عليه ملائكته المقربين وأنبياءه المرسلين، وأما علمه العام فإنه علمه الذي أطلع عليه ملائكته المقربين وأنبياءه المرسلين، وقد وقع إلينا من رسول الله عليه صلى الله عليه واله

5. [5/342] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Mutawakkil from al-Himyari from Ibn Isa from Ibn Mahbub from Ibn Sinan from Ja’far b. Muhammad from his father عليهما السلام who said: Verily there is for Allah a special knowledge and a general knowledge. As for the special knowledge then it is the knowledge which no one has seen (access to), not His angels brought-near nor His prophets who were sent. As for His general knowledge then it is His knowledge which has been seen (accessed) by His angels brought-near and His prophets who were sent. And this (last) has reached us from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه واله

[343/6] التوحيد: أبي، عن علي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبى عمير، عن عبد الله بن سنان، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عزوجل: وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ فقال: السماوات والارض وما بينهما في الكرسي والعرش هو العلم الذي لا يقدر أحد قدره

6. [6/343] al-Tawhid: My father from Ali from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Abdallah b. Sinan from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام about the words of Allah Mighty and Majestic: “His Chair extends over the Heavens and the Earth” (2:255) - He said: The Heavens, the Earth and what is between them is within the Chair while the Throne (Arsh) is the Knowledge whom no one can estimate its limit.

[344/7] الكافي: على بن ابراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن منصور بن حازم قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام هل يكون اليوم شئ لم يكن في علم الله بالامس؟ قال: لا، من قال هذا فأخزاه الله قلت: أرأيت ما كان وما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامة أليس في علم الله؟ قال: بلى قبل أن يخلق الخلق

7. [7/344] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from Muhammad b. Isa from Yunus from Mansur b. Hazim who said: I asked Aba Abdillah عليه السلام: Does there happen something today which was not in the Knowledge of Allah yesterday? He said: No. May the one who says that be abased by Allah. I said: Consider whatever has happened and whatever will happen up to the Day of Judgment - is it not in the knowledge of Allah? He said: Yes. Before He created the creation.