hadith
1880
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Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘The very first step to Allahs worship is to attain inner knowledge of Him, and the origin of attaining inner knowledge of Allah, Exalted be His Praise, is through His divine Unity. The very basis of His divine Unity is to negate any kind of limitation from Him, since the intellects are able to witness that every limited being is created.
الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أوَّلُ عِبادَةِ اللّهِ مَعرِفتُهُ، وأصلُ مَعرِفةِ اللّهِ جلَّ اسمُهُ تَوحيدُهُ ، ونِظامُ تَوحيدِهِ نَفيُ التَّحديدِ عَنهُ ؛ لِشَهادَةِ العُقولِ أنَّ كلَّ مَحدودٍ مَخلوقٌ .
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