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11. What Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qittan said with that Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya alQittan said, on the authority of Bakr ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hubayb that Tamim ibn Bahlul said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Sulayman ibn Hafs al-Marwazi, on the authority of Sulayman ibn Mihran that
I asked Ja`far ibn Muhammad (AS), “Is it permissible for you to say: Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, is in a place?” Thus, he (AS) replied, “Glory be to Allah, and Exalted be He, from that! Verily, if He were subjected to space, He would have been caused since anything that exists in a place is in need of space. Anything that is in need of space is accidental, because the Eternal has no needs.
11 - ما حدثنا به أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان، عن بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن سليمان بن حفص المروزي، عن سليمان بن مهران، قال
قلت لجعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام هل يجوز أن نقول: إن الله عز وجل في مكان؟ فقال: سبحان الله وتعالى عن ذلك، إنه لو كان في مكان لكان محدثنا، لأن الكائن في مكان محتاج إلى المكان والاحتياج من صفات المحدث لا من صفات القديم.
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