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الكافي- ط الاسلامية

The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)/Chapter On Prohibition on Attributing to Allah What He Himself has not Done so#5

No. ٥chapter #5vol. 1 · page 102
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سَهْلٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمَذَانِيِّ قَالَ:

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كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ ع أَنَّ مَنْ قِبَلَنَا مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي التَّوْحِيدِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ جِسْمٌ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ صُورَةٌ فَكَتَبَ ع بِخَطِّهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يُحَدُّ وَ لَا يُوصَفُ‌ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ ... وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ*-" أَوْ قَالَ‌ الْبَصِيرُ".

Read English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn

5. Sahl has narrated from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hamdani who has said the following. “I wrote to the man (Imam abu al-Hassan the 3rd (a.s.) explaining, “Your followers in this city differ on the issue of the Oneness of Allah. Some of them say that Allah has a body, and others say that Allah has a form.” The Imam replied in his own handwriting, “Glory belongs to Allah, Who can not be defined nor described. There is nothing similar to Him. He is All-hearing, All-knowing, or the Imam said All-seeing.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

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  • لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi
  • ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/351)
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[2]المراد بالرجل هنا و في الحديث التاسع من الباب أبو الحسن الثالث عليه السلام.ص 102

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الكافي- ط الاسلامية Volume 1, Page 102

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