Hadith 426
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`Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Kufi narrated to us from Muhammad b. Isma`il al-Barmaki. He said: Al-Fadl b. Sulayman al-Kufi narrated to us from al-Husayn b. Khalid. He said
I heard al-Rida `Ali b. Musa (as) say: Allah never ceased to be Knowing, Powerful, Living, Everlasting, Hearing, and Seeing. So, I said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! There are a people who say: “He never ceased to be Knowing with knowledge, Powerful with power, Living with life, Everlasting with lastingness, Hearing with the ability to hear, and Seeing with sight.” So, he (as) said: Whoever says that and that which is close to that has taken other gods besides Allah; they are not upon our wilaya at all. Then, he (as) said: Allah never ceased to be Knowing, Powerful, Living, Everlasting, Hearing, and Seeing by His Essence. He is far above what the pagans and those who liken Him to His creation say.
5 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن موسى (4)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن محمد بن إسماعيل البرمكي، قال: حدثنا الفضل بن سليمان الكوفي، عن الحسين بن خالد، قال
سمعت الرضا علي بن موسى (عليهما السلام) يقول: لم يزل الله تبارك وتعالى عالما قادرا، حيا قديما، سميعا بصيرا. فقلت له: يا بن رسول الله: إن قوما يقولون: إنه عز وجل لم يزل عالما بعلم، وقادرا بقدرة، وحيا بحياة، وقديما بقدم، وسميعا بسمع، وبصيرا ببصر. فقال (عليه السلام): من قال بذلك ودان به، فقد اتخذ مع الله آلهة اخرى، وليس من ولايتنا على شئ. ثم قال (عليه السلام) لم يزل الله عز وجل عالما قادرا، حيا قديما، سميعا بصيرا لذاته، تعالى عما يقول المشركون المشبهون علوا كبيرا (1).
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