[29] وعنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن، قال: حدثنا أبو محمد هارون بن موسى، قال: حدثني محمد بن همام، قال: حدثني عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، قال: حدثني عمر بن علي العبدي، عن داود بن كثير الرقي، عن يونس بن ظبيان، قال: دخلت على الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام)، فقلت: يا ابن رسول الله، إني دخلت على مالك و أصحابه، فسمعت بعضهم يقول: إن لله وجها كالوجوه، و بعضهم يقول: له يدان، و احتجوا في ذلك بقوله تعالى: بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ، و بعضهم يقول: هو كالشاب من أبناء ثلاثين سنة، فما عندك في هذا، يا ابن رسول الله؟ And from him, from Ali Bin Al-Hasaan, from Abu Muhammad Haroun Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Hamaam, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al-Humeyri, from Umar bin Ali Al-Abdy, from Dawood Bin Kaseer Al-Raqy, from Yunus Bin Zibyan who said, ‘I came up to Al-Sadiq Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , so I said, ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww !
I went to Maalik and his companions and I heard some of them saying, ‘Allah -azwj has a Face like the faces’, and some of them were saying, ‘He -azwj has Hands’, and they were arguing that by the Words of the Exalted: by My Hands? Were you arrogant [38:75] , and some of them were saying, ‘He -azwj is like a youth like a thirty year old son’. So what is with you -asws regarding this, O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww ?’ قال: و كان متكئا، فاستوى جالسا، و قال: «اللهم عفوك عفوك».
ثم قال: «يا يونس من زعم أن لله وجها كالوجوه فقد أشرك، و من زعم أن لله جوارحا كجوارح المخلوقين فهو كافر بالله He -asws said, and he -asws had been reclining, so he -asws sat upright and said: ‘May Allah -azwj Pardon you, Pardon you!’ Then he -asws said: ‘O Yunus! The one who alleges that there is a Face for Allah -azwj like the faces, so he has associated, and the one who alleges that Allah -azwj has organs like the organs of the creatures, so he is a Kafir with Allah -azwj .
فلا تقبلوا شهادته، و لا تأكلوا ذبيحته، تعالى الله عما يصفه المشبهون بصفة المخلوقين، فوجه الله أنبياؤه و أولياؤه Thus, neither accept his testimony, nor eat his slaughtered (meat). Allah -azwj is more Elevated than what they are describing Him -azwj with the description of the creatures, for the Face of Allah -azwj are His -azwj Prophets -as , and His -azwj Guardians -asws .
و قوله تعالى: خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ فاليد القدرة، كقوله تعالى: وَ أَيَّدَكُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ And the Words of the Exalted: by My Hands? Were you arrogant [38:75] , so the Hand is the Power, just like the Words of the Exalted: and Supported you with His Help [8:26] .