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Hadith 488
Hadith #
488
Book
Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara
Volume
1
Section
8
Part
The Book of Divine Unity
Chapter
Prohibition against Speculating and Speaking about God’s Nature
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad Āṣif al-Muḥsinī
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1. [1/371] al-Kafi: Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Abi Ayyub from Muhammad b. Muslim who said
Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: O Muhammad, people keep being conversed with unless they begin talking about Allah, so when you hear that then say: ‘there is no god but Allah, the Unique, the one whom there is nothing like Him’
[371/1] الكافي: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن ابي عمير، عن أبي أيوب، عن محمد بن مسلم قال
قال أبوعبد الله عليه السلام: يا محمد إن الناس لا يزال بهم المنطق حتى يتكلموا في الله فإذا سمعتم ذلك فقولوا: لا إله إلا الله الواحد الذي ليس كمثله شئ
Tags Divine Transcendence

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