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7. [7/356] al-Tawhid: Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar and Sa’d together from Ibn Isa from his father and al-Husayn b. Sai’d and Muhammad al-Barqi from Ibn Abi Umayr from Hisham b. Salim who said: I entered upon Abi Abdillah عليه السلام. He said to me: Can you describe Allah? I said: Yes. He said: Bring it (the description) forth. I said: He is The Seeing, The Hearing. He said: This is an attribute which He shares with His creation. I said: So how do we describe Him? He (the Imam) said: He is Light (with) no darkness in Him. Life (with) no death in Him. Knowledge (with) no ignorance in Him. Truth (with) no falsehood in Him. (Hisham says:) Thus I came out from him (the Imam) being the most knowledgeable of people in Tawhid.
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Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni: معتبر
Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara
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