Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah
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3 - حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رحمه الله قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعدآبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أحمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر، عن أبي الحسن الموصلي، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال: جاء حبر من الأحبار إلى أمير - المؤمنين عليه السلام فقال له: يا أمير المؤمنين متى كان ربك؟ فقال له: ثكلتك أمك، و متى لم يكن حتى يقال: متى كان، كان ربي قبل القبل، بلا قبل ويكون بعد البعد بلا بعد، ولا غاية ولا منتهى لغايته، انقطعت الغايات عنه، فهو منتهى كل غاية فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين فنبي أنت؟ فقال: ويلك، إنما أنا عبد من عبيد - محمد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم. قال مصنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: يعني بذلك: عبد طاعته لا غير ذلك .
3. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil (RA) said: `li ibn al-Husayn al-Sa`dabadi said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Barqi, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Nasr, on the authority of Abu al-Hasan al-Musili that Abu `Abdillah (AS) said: A Jewish rabbi came to the Commander of the Faithful (AS), and asked him: “O Commander of the Faithful! Since when has your Lord existed?” He (AS) replied, ”May your mother grieve you! When did He not exist so that it may be asked when did He exist? My Lord preceded the beginning and is without any beginning. He will remain after the end without an end. There is no end and termination to His Destination. He is separated from all ends. He is the Utmost of all Ends.” Then he asked, “O Commander of the Faithful! Are you a Prophet?” So he (AS) answered, “Woe be upon you! Verily, I am but a servant from the servants of Muhammad (sw).” <br>The Compiler (RA) of this book says: What he (AS) meant was that he was a servant in obedience, and nothing more than that.
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