Chapter On Prohibition on Saying How is Allah (al-Kayfiyyah)

Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 8
Al-Kāfi

Book 3, Chapter 8

Chapter On Prohibition on Saying How is Allah (al-Kayfiyyah)

5ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمَيَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي الله كَيْفَ هُوَ هَلَكَ.
5. A group of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from some of his people from al-Husayn ibn al-Mayyah from his father from Imam abu ‘Abdallh عليه السلام who has said the following. “He who thinks of how and when about Allah he has met his doomed.”
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