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Shia hadith/Al-Tawḥīd 1

Al-Tawḥīd 1, record 244 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah

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Arabic text

1 - أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، قال: سأل نافع بن الأزرق أبا جعفر عليه السلام فقال: أخبرني عن الله متى كان؟ فقال له: ويلك، أخبرني أنت متى لم يكن حتى أخبرك متى كان، سبحان من لم يزل ولا يزال فردا صمدا لم يتخذ صاحبة ولا ولدا.

Translation

1. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa1d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of Abu Hamzah al-Thumali that Nafi` ibn al-Azraq asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (AS) that Inform me about Allah. Since when has He existed? Therefore, he (AS) replied to him, “Woe be upon you! Perhaps you should tell me when He did not exist, so that I can tell you when He did exist. Glory be to Him, who has always been and will always be, the Peerless, the Needless, who has taken neither wife nor son.”

Translation: Sayed Ali Raza Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa1d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of Abu Hamzah al-Thumali
  2. Nafi` ibn al-Azraq asked Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (AS) that

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