Al-Tawḥīd · Volume 1 · Section 42 · 7 narrations
I heard Hisham ibn al-Hakam that Abu Shakir al-Daysani entered the presence of Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) and said to him, Verily, you are one of the shining stars, while your forefathers (AS) were brilliant…
Read the full narration →“O son of Abu al-`Awja’! Are you created or not?” He replied, “No, I am not created.” Al-Sadiq (AS) said to him, “So, if you were created, then how would you be?” The reporter says: Ibn Au al-`Awja’ could not provide an…
Read the full narration →A man entered the presence (of Imam Abu al-Hasan `Ali al-Rida) and said: “O son of the Messenger of Allah (SA)! What is the proof that the universe emerged?” He (AS) replied, “You did not exist, and yet you came into…
Read the full narration →“He is in Mecca.” So the atheist left for Mecca. While we were with Abu `Abd Allah (AS), the atheist came close to us while we were circumambulating [tawaf] the Ka`bah. The atheist bumped shoulders with Abu `Abd Allah…
Read the full narration →“Do you not claim that Allah is the Creator of Everything?” Abu `Abd Allah (AS) replied, “Most certainly.” He said: “I also create.” The Imam (AS) asked him, “How do you create?” He responded, “I relieve my bowels in a…
Read the full narration →“That may be the case. However, I will start with a question.” He approached him, and asked: “Are you created or uncreated?” `Abd al-Karim ibn Abu al-`Awja’ answered, “I am not created.” So the Learned (AS) asked him,…
Read the full narration →Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: Verily, the body has six states: health, illness, death, life, sleep and wakefulness. Similar is the spirit: its life is its knowledge, its death is its ignorance, its illness is its…
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