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Hadith 121
Hadith #
121
Book
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā
Volume
1
Section
11
Part
Content
Chapter
On Traditions From al-Ridha About Unity
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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11-13 Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Aasim al-Kolayni - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yaqoob al-Kolayni quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Idris, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ali ibn Sayf, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Obaydah, “
I asked Al-Ridha (s) about the Honorable the Exalted God’s words, ‘O Satan! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to the one whom I have created with my hands?…’ The Imam (s) said, ‘This means by my Might and Power.’”The author of this book (Sheikh Sadooq) said, “I have heard from some of the Shiite Sheikhs that the Divine Leaders read ‘O Satan! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to the one whom I have created…’ and then paused on the word ‘created’ and started again with the words ‘with my hands.’ The verse continues with ‘…Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?’ This is similar to saying, ‘Do you fight me using my own sword? Do you hit meusing my own spears?’ Therefore, the Honorable the Exalted God is saying, ‘You have been empowered to be arrogant and disobedient using my own blessings given to you and kindnesses rendered to you.’”
13 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عصامٍ الكُلَيْنِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الكُلَيْنِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبِيْدَةَ قالَ
سَأَلْتُ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِإِبلِيسَ: «ما مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِما خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ» قالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: يَعْنِي بِقُدرَتِي وَقُوَّتِي.قالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الْكِتابِ: سَمِعْتُ بَعْضَ مَشايِخِ الشِّيعَةِ يَذكُرُ فِي هذِهِ الآيَةِ: إِنَّ الأَئِمَّةَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ كانُوا يَقِفُونَ عَلَى قَوْلَهُ: «ما مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِما خَلَقْتُ» ثُمَّ يَبتَدِءوُنَ بِقَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: «بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعـالِينَ» قـال: وَهـذا مِثلُ قَوْلِ القـائِلِ: بِسَيْفِيتُقاتِلُني وَبِرُمحِي تُطاعَنُني كَأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: بِنِعمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَإحسـانِي إِلَيكَ قَوَيتَ عَلَى الإِستِكبارِ وَالعِصيانِ.
Tags Names of GodSatan/Iblis

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