Al-Tawḥīd - Content

Chapter: Attributes of Essence and Attributes of Actions اجيلويه رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثني ع٠د بن علي الصيرفي الكوفي، قال: حدثني ٠د بن سنان، عن أبان بن عث٠ر، قال: قلت للصادق جعفر بن Ù: أخبرني عن الله تبارك وتعالى ل٠، فقلت له: إن رجلا ينتحل ٠أهل البيت يقول: إن الله تبارك وتعالى ل٠ع وبصيرا ببصر وعلي٠وقادرا بقدرة، فغضب عليه السلا٠ن قال ذلك و دان به فهو ٠ن ولايتنا على شئ، إن الله تبارك وتعالى ذات علا٠8.

Muhammad ibn `Ali Majilwayh (RA) said: my paternal uncle Muhammad ibn Abu al-Qasim related to me that Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Sayrafi al-Kufi related to me that Muhammad ibn Sinan related to me, on the authority of Aban ibn `Uthman al-Ahmar that I asked al-Sadiq Ja`far ibn Muhammad (AS), “Inform me about Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.

Has He sempiternally been All-Hearing, All-Seeing, All-Knowing, and All-Powerful?” He (AS) replied, “Of course.” Hence, I asked him, “There is a man who professes to be a friend of the Household of the Prophet (AS) and says: `Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has always been All-Seeing with an ear, All-Hearing with an eye, All-Knowing by Knowledge, and AllPowerful with power.” He (AS) became angry and then said: “Verily, whoever says this and believes in it, is a polytheist and is not under our Guardianship at all.

Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is the Possessor of the Knowledge of Hearing, Seeing, and Omnipotence.”