111, h 5 Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Asha'ari has narrated...

111, h 5 Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Asha'ari has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from abu al-Fadl 'Abdallah ibn Idris from Muhammad ibn Sinan who has said the following "Once I was in the presence of abu Ja'far (a.s.), the second and I mentioned the differences among the Shi'a. The Imam (a.s.) said, "O Muhammad, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is One eternally. He created Muhammad, Ali and Fatima (a.s.). They were there for a thousand Dahr (a turn). Then He created all other things.

He made them towitness the creation of all other things, made obedience to them obligatory and gave control of the affairs of the creation. They can, thus, make lawful whatever they would wish and unlawful whatever they would wish and they would never wish anything unless Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, would wish.

He then said, "O Muhammad, this is a religion that if exceeded it would lead to extremism and if ignored it would be degradation and those who would hold to it properly would have proper contact. Keep it with you, O Muhammad." H , Ch. 111, h 6 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Muhbub from Salih ibn Sahl from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.

"Certain persons from Quraysh asked the Messenger of Allah, 'By what means did you excel the prophet while you ended them as the last prophet?" The Messenger of Allah said, "I was the first to believe in my Lord, and the first to answer Allah when He called the prophets to make a covenant and beat testimony against their own souls that had answered positively when asked them, "Am I not your Lord?

They all had answered, 'Yes, You Are our Lord." I was the prophet that said, "Yes, You Are our Lord." I, thus, excelled them in the acknowledgment that Allah is the Lord." H , Ch. 111, h 7 from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim from Ali ibn Hammad from al- Mufaddal who has said the following.

"I asked abu 'Abdallah (a.s.), "How did you exist when you existed in the shadows?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "O Mufaddal, we were in the presence of our Lord and there was no one else in the green shadow. We would speak of His Glory, Holiness, acknowledge Him as the Lords and speak of His Majesty. There was no angel even of the ones close to Allah or a living being except us in His presence until He decided to create all things.

He then created whatever He wanted, in the He wanted of the angels and others. The knowledge of that then came to us." H , Ch.