Al-Tawḥīd 1, record 282 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · What is the Qur’an?

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4 - حدثنا أبي رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد اليقطيني، قال: كتب علي بن محمد بن علي بن موسى الرضا عليهم السلام إلى بعض شيعته ببغداد: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عصمنا الله وإياك من الفتنة فإن يفعل فقد أعظم بها نعمة وإن لا يفعل فهي الهلكة، نحن نرى أن الجدال في القرآن بدعة، اشترك فيها السائل والمجيب، فيتعاطى السائل ما ليس له، ويتكلف المجيب ما ليس عليه، وليس الخالق إلا الله عز وجل، وما سواه مخلوق، والقرآن كلام الله، لا تجعل له اسما من عندك فتكون من الضالين، جعلنا الله وإياك من الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب وهم من الساعة مشفقون.

Translation

4. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn `Ubayd al-Yaqtini that `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn `ali ibn Musa al-Rida (AS) wrote to some of his Shi`ites in Baghdad: In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. May Allah guard us all from mischief! If He does, then it is a great bounty. And if He does not, then it is a disaster. The argument regarding the Qur’an is an innovation [bid`ah] in which both the questioner and the answerer is equally responsible. The questioner engages into what he should not. And the answerer is constrained to answer what is incorrect. There is no creator except Allah, the Mighty and High. Anything other than Him is created. The Qur’an is Word of Allah. Do not make a name for it from your own self or you will be led astray. May Allah count us among those who fear their Lord and those who re apprehensive of the coming of the Hour (of Judgment).

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 4. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn `Ubayd al-Yaqtini
  2. `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn `ali ibn Musa al-Rida (AS) wrote to some of his Shi`ites in Baghdad

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    Mawsūʿat Aḥādīth Ahl al-Bayt (2/358)

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