Majaylawiya...

Majaylawiya, from his uncle, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Qarshy, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Muhammad Bin Ya’la Al Kufy, from Juweybir, from Al Zahak, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘A Bedouin came to the Prophet -saww and he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! Teach me from the oddities of the knowledge’.

He -saww said: ‘And what did you do with the head of the knowledge until you are asking about its oddities?’ The man said, ‘And what is the head of the knowledge, O Rasool-Allah -saww ?’ He -saww said: ‘Recognise Allah -azwj as is right of His -azwj recognition’.

The Bedouin said, ‘And what is the recognition of Allah -azwj , as is right of His -azwj recognition?’ He -saww said: ‘ You recognise Him -azwj as being without an example, nor a resemblance, nor an adversary, and He -azwj is Alone, One, Apparent, Hidden, First, Last, there is no match for Him -azwj nor a peer, so that is a right of His -azwj recognition’’ . [4] . [5] جع: جاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله قال: ما رأس العلم ؟ قال: معرفة الله حق معرفته.

قال: وما حق معرفته ؟ قال: أن تعرفه بلا مثال ولا شبه، وتعرفه إلها واحدا خالقا قادرا أولا وآخرا وظاهرا وباطنا، لا كفو له ولا مثل له، فذاك معرفة الله حق معرفته. A man came to Rasool-Allah -saww and said, ‘What is the head of the knowledge?’ He -saww said: ‘Recognition of Allah -azwj as is the right of His -azwj recognition’.

He said, ‘And what is a right of His -azwj recognition?’ He -saww said: ‘That your recognising Him -azwj as being without an example or a resemblance, and your recognising Him -azwj as One God, Creator, Powerful, First, Last, Manifest, Hidden, there being no match for Him -azwj nor an example for Him -azwj . So that is a recognition of Allah -azwj as is the right of His -azwj recognition (understanding)’’.

The book ‘Fazaail Al Shia’ of Al Sadouq, from Dawood Al Raqy who said, ‘I entered to see Abu Abdullah -asws and said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !