And from the reports regarding the most Magnificent Name...
And from the reports regarding the most Magnificent Name, by our chains as well to Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, by our chain to Abu Hashim Al Ja’fari who said, ‘I heard Abu Muhammad -asws saying: ‘بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ’ ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’ is closer to the most Magnificent Name of Allah -azwj than blackness of the eye is to its whiteness’’.
[6] وَ مِنْهَا فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ قَالَ: سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلًا يَقُولُ عِشَاءً- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ And from these is a lengthy Hadeeth. He said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww heard a man saying in Isha (Salat), ‘O Allah -azwj ! I testify surely You -azwj are Allah -azwj !
There is no god except You -azwj , the First, the Solid Who, does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4] ’. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَ إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ. The Prophet -saww said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is my -saww soul!
He has asked Allah -azwj by His -azwj most Magnificent Name which, whenever it is asked with, is Granted, and when supplicated with it, is Answered’’.
[7] وَ مِنَ الرِّوَايَاتِ فِي اسْمِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمِ مَا رَوَيْنَاهُ بِإِسْنَادِنَا إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَنِ اسْمِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا فَسَكَتَ And from the report regarding the most Magnificent Name of Allah -azwj is what we are reporting by our chains to Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, by his chain to Abu Al Jaroud, ‘From Zayd son of Ali (Bin Al-Husayn -asws ) who said, ‘Umm Salama -ra asked Rasool-Allah -saww about the most Magnificent Name of Allah -azwj .
He -saww turned away from her -ra . She -ra was silent.
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