The Book of Divine Unity · Hadith 71 (#Ḥadīth #35)

36 - حدثنا أحمد بن هارون الفامي رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أبيه، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن خالد البرقي، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن المفضل بن عمر، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال: من شبه الله بخلقه فهو مشرك، إن الله تبارك وتعالى لا يشبه شيئا ولا يشبهه شئ وكل ما وقع في الوهم فهو بخلافه . قال مصنف هذا الكتاب رحمه الله: الدليل على أن الله سبحانه لا يشبه شيئا من خلقه من جهة من الجهات أنه لا جهة لشئ من أفعاله إلا محدثة، ولا جهة محدثة إلا وهي تدل على حدوث من هي له، فلو كان الله جل ثناؤه يشبه شيئا منها لدلت على حدوثه من حيث دلت على حدوث من هي له إذ المتماثلان في العقول يقتضيان حكما واحدا من حيث تماثلا منها وقد قام الدليل على أن الله عز وجل قديم، ومحال أن يكون قديما من جهة وحادثا من أخرى. ومن الدليل على أن الله تبارك وتعالى قديم أنه لو كان حادثا لوجب أن يكون له محدث، لأن الفعل لا يكون إلا بفاعل، ولكان القول في محدثه كالقول فيه، وفي هذا وجود حادث قبل حادث لا إلى أول، وهذا محال، فصح أنه لا بد من صانع قديم، وإذا كان ذلك كذلك فالذي يوجب قدم ذلك الصانع ويدل عليه يوجب قدم صانعنا ويدل عليه .

36. Ahmad ibn Harun al-Fami (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far al-Himyari said on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of Mohammad ibn Khalid al-Barqi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of al-Mufaddal ibn `Umar that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq said: He who anthropomorphizes Allah with His Creation is an infidel. Verily, Allah, the Blessed and the Exalted, does not resemble anything and nothing resembles Him. Everything that is imagined is other than Him. The Compiler (may Allah have mercy on him) of this book says: The proof that nothing resembles Allah, the Glorified, in His Creation in any dimension, is that there is no dimension for any of His Actions except that it has a beginning [muhdathah]. Therefore, it Allah, High be His Praise, resembles anything from His Creation, then that would certainly give Him a beginning… At the same time, two things which are intellectually similar require one ruling due to their similarity. And the proof had been established for Allah, the Mighty and High, being without beginning [qadim], It is impossible that He may be Eternal in one dimension, and have beginning another. Another proof that Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, is without beginning is that if He had a beginning then there must have been someone that gave Him a beginning, because an action requires an agent. And surely the word about one who gave beginning to Him is like the word about Him. And in this (case) there is existence of an eternal before an eternal that has no prior (to Him). This is impossible. Hence, it is correct that there must be an Eternal Creator. And if it is so, then whatever demands the eternity of that creator and indicates upon him, also demands the eternity of the Creator we believe in and indicates upon Him.

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