The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 112 (#Ḥadīth #4)

4 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ المُتَوَكِّل رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنِ الرَّيانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ آبائِهِ عَنْأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: قالَ اللَّه جَلَّ جَلالُهُ: ما آمَنَ بي مَن فَسَّرَ بِرَأيِهِ كَلامِي، وَما عَرَفَنِي مِن شَبَّهَنِي بِخَلقِي، وَما عَلَى دِينِي مَنِ استَعمَلَ القِياسَ فِي دِينِي.

11-4 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of al-Rayyan ibn al-Salt, on the authorityof Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “God - the Exalted the Magnificent - said, “Whoever interprets My Words according to his own viewpoint has no faith in Me. And whoever considers Me to be similar to My creatures does not recognize Me. And whoever makes comparisons in my religion does not believe in My religion.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).