Al-Tawḥīd - Content

Chapter: Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah د بن زياد بن جعفر اله٠داني رضي الله عنه، عن علي بن إبراهي٠ير، قال: رأى سفيان الثوري أبا - الحسن ٠رون بين يديه، فقال له، إن الناس ي٠في الطواف، فقال عليه السلاÙ: الذي أصلي له أقرب إلي Ù 14.

Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja`far al-Hamdani (RA) said, on the authority of `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr that Sufyan al-Thawri saw Abu al-Hasan Musa ibn Ja`far (AS) when he was a young boy. The Imam was praying, and people were passing in front of him.

Therefore, Sufyan alThawri told him: “Verily, the people who are circumambuling (the Ka`bah) are passing in front of you.” Thus, he (AS) replied, “The One to whom I pray to is closer to me than they are.”