Hadith 106
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13. Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris (may Allah have mercy on him) said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Sa`id al-Adami, on the authority of Bishr ibn Bashshar alNaysaburi that
I wrote to Abu al-Hasan al-Naqi (AS) informing him that the people differed on the subject of Divine Unity. Some of them say “He has a body” while others say that “He has an image.” So, he (AS) wrote (back): “Glory be to Him who has no limit, who cannot be described, and with whom nothing resembles! Nothing whatsoever is like unto Him. And He is the All-Hearing and the All-Seeing.”
13 - حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس رحمه الله، عن أبيه، عن أبي سعيد الآدمي، عن بشر بن بشار النيسابوري، قال
كتبت إلى أبي الحسن عليه السلام بأن من قبلنا قد اختلفوا في التوحيد، منهم من يقول هو جسم، ومنهم من يقول صورة، فكتب عليه السلام: سبحان من لا يحد، ولا يوصف، ولا يشبهه شئ، وليس كمثله شئ وهو السميع البصير.
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Divine Transcendence
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