hadith
319
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1. Muhammad ibn `Ali Majilwayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said, on the authority of Mukhtar ibn Muhammad ibn Mukhtar al-Hamdani, on the authority of al-Fath ibn Yazid al-Jurjani that
I asked Abu al-Hasan al-Kadhim (AS) about the least that is required to recognize Divine Unity. Thus, he (AS) replied, “the confirmation that there is no god other than Him. He has no peer or rival. He is Eternal without beginning. He is the Firm, the Existent, and is never Absent. There is nothing whatsoever like unto Him.”
1 - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه رحمه الله، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم ابن هاشم، عن مختار بن محمد بن مختار الهمداني، عن الفتح بن يزيد الجرجاني عن أبي الحسن عليه السلام، قال
سألته عن أدنى المعرفة، فقال: الاقرار بأنه لا إله غيره ولا شبه له ولا نظير وأنه قديم مثبت موجود غير فقيد وأنه ليس كمثله شئ.
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Divine Transcendence
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