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Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) · Chapter on Comprehensive (Ahadith) about the Oneness of Allah · Volume 1, book 3, chapter 22, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَلَوِيِّ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْفَتْحِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُرْجَانِيِّ قَالَ ضَمَّنِي وَأَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) الطَّرِيقُ فِي مُنْصَرَفِي مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى خُرَاسَانَ وَهُوَ سَائِرٌ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَنِ اتَّقَى الله يُتَّقَى وَمَنْ أَطَاعَ الله يُطَاعُ فَتَلَطَّفْتُ فِي الْوُصُولِ إِلَيْهِ فَوَصَلْتُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا فَتْحُ مَنْ أَرْضَى الْخَالِقَ لَمْ يُبَالِ بِسَخَطِ الْمَخْلُوقِ وَمَنْ أَسْخَطَ الْخَالِقَ فَقَمَنٌ أَنْ يُسَلِّطَ الله عَلَيْهِ سَخَطَ الْمَخْلُوقِ وَإِنَّ الْخَالِقَ لا يُوصَفُ إِلا بِمَا وَصَفَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ وَأَنَّى يُوصَفُ الَّذِي تَعْجِزُ الْحَوَاسُّ أَنْ تُدْرِكَهُ وَالاوْهَامُ أَنْ تَنَالَهُ وَالْخَطَرَاتُ أَنْ تَحُدَّهُ وَالابْصَارُ عَنِ الاحَاطَةِ بِهِ جَلَّ عَمَّا وَصَفَهُ الْوَاصِفُونَ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَنْعَتُهُ النَّاعِتُونَ نَأَى فِي قُرْبِهِ وَقَرُبَ فِي نَأْيِهِ فَهُوَ فِي نَأْيِهِ قَرِيبٌ وَفِي قُرْبِهِ بَعِيدٌ كَيَّفَ الْكَيْفَ فَلا يُقَالُ كَيْفَ وَأَيَّنَ الايْنَ فَلا يُقَالُ أَيْنَ إِذْ هُوَ مُنْقَطِعُ الْكَيْفُوفِيَّةِ وَالايْنُونِيَّةِ.

Published English translation

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mukhtar and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Hassan al-‘Alawi all from al-Fath ibn Yazid al-Jurjani who has said the following. “A road on my way back from Makkah to Khuransan joined me with Imam abu al-Hassan (a.s.) the 2nd who was going to Iraq and I heard him saying, “Whoever observes piety before Allah he is protected and whoever obeys Allah he is obeyed.” I calmly walked to him and on reaching him I offered my salutation and he responded likewise and said, “O fath whoever pleases Allah is not worried about the anger of people. Whoever causes the Creator to become angry with him he deserves that Allah would cause to subject him to the anger of the people. One can only speak of the attributes of the Creator the way he Himself has spoken about Himself. How can a person speak of One from Whose perceiving all the senses are frustrated and even the imagination is not able to comprehend Him or ones sharp feelings would reach Him in any way or manner or the eyes would limit Him in any manner. He is far above the description of those who speak of His attributes and the praise of those who speak of His praise. He is far in His nearness and is near in His being far. He in His far-ness is near and is far in His nearness. He is the condition of the conditions and no one can say that He is in a condition or is somewhere. No one can about Him where because He is far above the conditions and places.”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

Source records non-inclusion in this scholar's selection; this is not itself a weak or authentic grade.

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Muhammad Sarwar
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