ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Traditions From al-Ridha About Unity 32 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّار رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه قالابْراهي٠عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠عبد عَنْ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خالِد عَنْ أَبي الحَسَن عَلىِّ بْنِ ٠ُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ٠َا الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى حُدُوثِ الْعَالَ٠ِ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ لَ٠َّ كُنْتَ وَقَدْ عَلِ٠ْ تُكَوِّنْ نَفْسَكَ وَلا كَوَّنَكَ ٠11-32 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar (s) - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Ali ibn Ma’bad, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Khalid, on the authority of Abil Hassan Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), “One day a man came to see Al-Ridha (s) and said, “O son of God’s Prophet!

What is the proof that the world is created?” The Imam (s) replied, “You did not exist and were created. You know well that you were not the one who created you, and that there is no one else like you who created you.”