Negation of Corporeality or Likeness for God

I wrote to Abi Ja’far the Second عليه السلام: May I be made your ransom - should I pray behind the one who asserts (the doctrine of) ‘the body’ (God is corporeal) or the one who subscribes to the doctrine of Yunus - that…

I heard Ali b. Musa al-Ridha عليه السلام saying: My God, your power is manifest but your form is not. Because of this they became ignorant of you and with that (ignorance) estimated you. While the (true) estimation is…

He has lied the one who claims that Allah Mighty and Majestic is from a thing, or in a thing, or upon a thing.

Whoever comes to Allah with what he had been ordered (to do) in terms of obeying Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله then he is the ‘face’ who will not perish. In a similar vein Did He say: “whoever obeys the Messenger has…

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه واله will hold on to the waist-knot of Allah on the Day of Judgment, we will hold on to the waist-knot of our prophet, and our Shia (followers) will hold on to our waist-knot. Then he…

The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه واله said: Allah Majestic is His Majesty said: He has not believed in Me the one who interprets My words by his opinion. He has not known Me the one who likens Me to My creatures. He…

I asked Aba Abdillah عليه السلام about ‘Subhanallah’. He said: (It means) Exaltation (belongs) to Allah.

I said to Abi Abdillah عليه السلام: One of our companions claims that Allah has a form like that of a human and another says that He is in the form of a beardless youth with very curly hair! Abu Abdillah عليه السلام fell…

I wrote to Abi al-Hasan Ali b. Muhammad عليهما السلام asking him about the position of Hisham b. al-Hakam regarding ‘the body’ and the position of Hisham b. Salim regarding ‘the human form’. He wrote: Leave the confusion…

I asked Aba al-Hasan Ali b. Muhammad al-Askari عليهما السلام about the words of Allah Mighty and Majestic: “the entire earth will be His grip on the Day of Resurrection and the Heavens will be folded in His right hand”…