Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah
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16 - حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الفارسي أبو الحسين، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد أحمد بن محمد النسوي، قال: حدثنا أبو نصر أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله الصغدي بمرو، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب بن الحكم العسكري وأخوه معاذ بن يعقوب قالا: حدثنا محمد بن سنان الحنظلي، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن عاصم، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن قيس، عن أبي هاشم الرماني، عن زاذان، عن سلمان الفارسي رحمه الله في حديث طويل يذكر فيه قدوم الجاثليق المدينة مع مائة من النصارى بعد وفاة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسؤاله أبا بكر عن مسائل لم يجبه عنها، ثم أرشد إلى أمير - المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فسأله عنها فأجابه، فكان فيما سأله أن قال له: أخبرني عن وجه الرب تبارك وتعالى، فدعا علي، عليه السلام بنار وحطب فأضرمه، فلما اشتعلت قال علي عليه السلام: أين وجه هذه النار؟! قال النصراني: هي وجه من جميع حدودها: قال علي عليه السلام: هذه النار مدبرة مصنوعة لا يعرف وجهها، و خالقها لا يشبهها، ولله المشرق والمغرب فأينما تولوا فثم وجه الله، لا يخفى على ربنا خافية. والحديث طويل أخذنا منه موضع الحاجة.
16. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Farisi Abu Al-Husayn said: Abu Sa`id Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nasawi said: Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah al-Sughadi said in Marw that Muhammad ibn Ya`qub ibn al-Hakam al-`Askari and his brother Mu`adh ibn Ya`qub both said: Muhammad ibn Sinan al-Hanzali said: `Abd Allah ibn `Asim said: `Abd alRahman ibn Qays said, on the authority of Abu Hashim al-Rummani, on the authority of Zadhan, that Salman al-Farisi (may Allah have mercy on him) related the coming of the Catholicos [al-jathiliq] to Medina with one hundred Christians after the death of the Prophet (SA), and the questions he asked Abu Bakr, and which he was unable to answer. The Catholicos was then sent to the Commander of the Faithful `Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS) and asked him about them; therefore, he answered him. Among the questions he asked him was: “Inform me about the face [wajh] of the Lord, the Blessed and Exalted.” Hence, `Ali (AS) called for some fire and dry wood and then set fire to it. When it blazed, `Ali (AS) asked, “Where is the face of this fire?” The Christian replied, “It has a face from all sides.” `Ali (AS) responded, “This fire is supervised and produced yet its face is not know, while its Creator does not resemble it. And Allah’s is the East and the West, therefore, whither you turn, thither is the Face of Allah. No secret is hidden from our Lord.” The Compiler of this book says: The tradition is detailed; we have extracted from it the required passage.
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