Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah
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5 - حدثنا علي بن الحسين بن الصلت رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد ابن علي بن الصلت، عن عمه أبي طالب عبد الله بن الصلت، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، قال: قلت لأبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام،: لأي علة عرج الله بنبيه صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم إلى السماء، ومنها إلى سدرة المنتهى، ومنها إلى حجب النور، وخاطبه و ناجاه هناك والله لا يوصف بمكان؟ فقال عليه السلام: إن الله تبارك وتعالى لا يوصف بمكان ولا يجري عليه زمان، ولكنه عز وجل أراد أن يشرف به ملائكته وسكان سماواته، ويكرمهم بمشاهدته، ويريه من عجائب عظمته ما يخبر به بعد هبوطه، وليس ذلك على ما يقول المشبهون، سبحان الله وتعالى عما يشركون.
5. `Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Salt (RA) said: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn `Ali ibn al-Salt said, on the authority of his paternal uncle Abu Talib `Abd Allah ibn al-Salt, on the authority of Yunus ibn `Abd al-Rahman that I asked Abu al-Hasan Musa ibn Ja`far (AS): “For what reason did Allah ascend His Prophet (SA) to the Heavens, from there to the Farthest Lote-Tree [Sidrah], and from there to the Veils of Light. He addressed him and entrusted a secret to him there. So, can Allah be described spatially?” Thus, he (AS) replied, Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, cannot be subjected to space nor can He be subjected to time. However, He, the Mighty High, intended to honor His angels and the inhabitants of the heavens by giving them a chance to see the Prophet. He also wanted to show the wonders of His Sublimity to the Prophet so that he could describe it to his followers after his descent. It is not at all like the anthropomorphists profess. Glory be to Allah, and Exalted be He, from what they associate!
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