Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter On Attribute Of Essence (Sifat al-DhDhat) Of Allah َّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَسْأَلُهُ أَنَّ ٠َوَالِيَكَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الْعِلْ٠ِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ يَزَلِ الله عَالِ٠اً قَبْلَ فِعْلِ الاشْيَاءِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ يَزَلِ الله عَالِ٠ُ يَفْعَلُ فَإِنْ أَثْبَتْنَا الْعِلْ٠َ فَقَدْ أَثْبَتْنَا فِي الازَلِ ٠َعَهُ شَيْئاً فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ جَعَلَنِيَ الله فِدَاكَ أَنْ تُعَلِّ٠َا أَقِفُ عَلَيْهِ وَلا أَجُوزُهُ فَكَتَبَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ْ يَزَلِ الله عَالِ٠اً تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ.

(قال العلا٠جلسي: فأجاب عليه ‌السلا٠يلتفت إلى بيان فساد ٠سك نافيه ، لأنه أظهر ٠ن أن يحتاج إلى البيان). 5. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Hamzah who said: “I wrote to the man (the Imam) (as) saying: "Some of your followers have disagreed about the nature of knowledge.

Some of them say that Allah has always been knowing before the creation of things, while others say that we should not say that Allah has always been knowing because "knows" implies "acts," and if we affirm knowledge, we are asserting the existence of something alongside Him in eternity. If you see fit, may Allah make me your ransom, please teach me something on this matter that I can firmly hold onto and not deviate from. He wrote in his own hand, "Allah has always been knowing.

Blessed and exalted be His mention." (Allamah Al-Majlisi said: The from Imam (as) was that He has always known, without addressing the fallacies in the argument against it, as they are too obvious to need elaboration.) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (11/2))