Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 1

Book of Narrators · Bazi`, al-Sarri, Bashshar and Bayan · Volume 1, book 3, chapter 9, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

[1/126] رجال الكشي: عن محمد بن مسعود، عن الحسين بن الحسن بن بندار ومحمد بن قولويه القميان، عن سعد بن عبد الله بن أبي خلف، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن الحكم، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن بيانا و السري و بزيعا لعنهم الله تراءى لهم الشيطان في أحسن ما يكون صورة آدمي من قرنه إلى سرته قال: فقلت: إن بيانا يتأول هذه الآية وَ هُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّماءِ إِلهٌ وَ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلهٌ، أن الذي في الأرض غير إله السماء، و إله السماء غير إله الأرض، و أن إله السماء أعظم من إله الأرض، و أن أهل الأرض يعرفون فضل إله السماء و يعظمونه فقال: و الله ما هو إلا الله وحده لا شريك له إله من في السماوات و إله من في الأرضين، كذب بنان عليه لعنة الله، لقد صغر الله جل و عز و صغر عظمته

Published English translation

1. [1/126] Rijal al-Kashshi: From Muhammad b. Masud from al-Husayn b. al-Hasan b. Bundar al-Qummi and Muhammad b. Qulawayh al-Qummi from Sa`d b. Abdallah b. Abi Khalaf from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa from al-Husayn b. Sa`id from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hisham b. al-Hakam from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: the Devil appeared to Bayan, al-Sarri and Bazi` – may Allah curse them – in the best form that a human can take from the top of his head to the navel, I [Hisham] said: Bayan interprets this verse “and He is the one who is God in Heaven and God on Earth” (43:84) that the one on Earth is not the God of Heaven, and the God of Heaven is not the God of Earth, and that the God of Heaven is greater than the God of Earth, and that the people of the Earth recognize [only] the merit of the God of Heaven and magnify Him, so he said: by Allah! He is not but Allah alone having no partner, the God of the those in the Heavens and the God of those on the Earths, Bayan has lied – may Allah curse him – he has belittled Allah Majestic and Mighty and His greatness.

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Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni: معتبر

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

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