hadith
553
۞
[1/1576] al-Tawhid, Ma’ani al-Akhbar and Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha: Al-Taliqani from Ahmad al-Hamdani from Ali b. al-Hasan b. Fadhal from his father (al-Hasan) who said
I asked al-Ridha عليه السلام about Bismillah. He said: The meaning of the words of the one who says Bismillah is - Asumm (I mark) my self with a Sima (mark) from the marks of Allah Mighty and Majestic, and that (mark) is worshipful servitude. He (al-Hasan) said: So I said to him: What is Sima? He said: A distinguishing emblem
[1576/1] التوحيد ومعاني الاخبار وعيون اخبار الرضا: الطالقاني، عن أحمد الهمداني، عن علي بن حسن ابن فضال، عن أبيه قال
سألت الرضا عليه السلام عن بسم الله قال: معنى قول القائل بسم الله أي أسم نفسي بسمة من سمات عزوجل، وهو العبودية، قال: فقلت له: ما السمة؟ قال: العلامة
Similar narrations
- Al-Tawḥīd #286 I asked al-Rida `Ali ibn Musa (AS) about the meaning of Bismillah: He (AS) said: “The meaning of the statement Bismillah is ‘I mark myself...
- Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #8 I asked al-Rida, Ali bin Musa, peace be upon him, about «Bism-il-Laah». He said: The meaning of the saying of the sayer: «Bism-il-Laah» is:...
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #201 I asked Al-Ridha (s) about the meaning of ‘In the Name of Allah.’” Al-Ridha (s) said, ‘The meaning of saying ‘In the Name of Allah’ is that...