Hadith 171

(The book) ‘Qasas Al Anbiya-as’ of Al Sadouq – From Al Talaqany, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Rumeeh, from Ahmad Bin Ja’far, from Ahmad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Al Khuzaie, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from his father, ‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Who is the one who was present with Sajat the Persian and he was speaking to Rasool-Allah-saww? ’ The people said, ‘No one from us was present’. Ali-asws said: ‘But, I-asws was present with him-saww and Sajat had come to him-saww, and he was a man from the kings of Persian, and he was of sharp character. He said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Where is Allah-azwj? ’ He-saww said: ‘He-azwj is in every place, and our Lord-azwj cannot be described with a place, nor does He-azwj move, but He-azwj does not cease to be without a place, nor does He-azwj decline’. He said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! You-saww are describing a Lord-azwj as being All-knowing, Mighty, without ‘how’ (qualitative state), so who can it be for me to know that He-azwj Sent you-saww? ’
On that day, there neither remain any stone, nor mountain, nor tree in our presence, except it said in its place, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there is no associate for Him-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww’. And I-asws said to him as well: ‘I-asws testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj’. He said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Who is this? ’ He-saww said: ‘He-asws is best of my-saww family, and closest of the people from me-saww. His-asws flesh is from my-saww flesh, and his-asws blood is from my-saww blood, and his-asws soul is from my-saww soul, and he-asws is the Vizier from me-saww during my-saww lifetime and the caliph after my-saww expiry, like what Haroun-as was from Musa-as, except surely there is no Prophet-as after me-saww. So, listen to him-asws and obey, for he-asws is upon the truth’. Then he-saww named him as ‘Abdullah’’’. [87]