Al-Khiṣāl - Part 28: On More than One-Thousand Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 28: On More than One-Thousand Numbered Characteristics Chapter: God Addressed Moses with One-Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Words د بن الحسن رضي الله عنه٠ا قالا: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله عن أح٠د بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن بعض أصحابه، عن أح٠ر الحلبي، عن أبي بصير قال: دخلت على أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠فقلت له: إن الشيعة يتحدثون أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عل٠نه] ألف باب كل باب يفتح ألف باب فقال أبوعبد الله عليه السلا٠د والله رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عل٠ألف باب، يفتح كل باب ألف باب، فقلت له: والله هذا لعل٠وليس لاحد وليس بذاك 28-27 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Sa’id, on the authority of some friends, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Umar al-Halabi, on the authority of Abi Basir, “I went to see Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) and said, ‘The Shiites say that God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) a gate to knowledge from which one-thousands gates to knowledge are opened.’ Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, ‘O Aba Muhammad!

I swear by God that God’s Prophet (MGB) taught Ali (MGB) one-thousand gates. Each gate opens up to one-thousand gates.’ I said, ‘By God! This is true knowledge!’ Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, ‘This is solely for Ali (MGB) and no one else.’”