وَ لَا قَدَرِيٌّ ١ وَ لَا خَارِجِيٌّ ٢ نَسَبَهُ إِلَيْنَا فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ لَعَلَّهُ شَيْ ءٌ مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَتُكَذِّبُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ.
or a Qadarite or a Kharijite brings you and ascribes to us — do not call it a lie, for you do not know; perhaps it is a true and sound hadith, and in that case you would have called God, mighty and exalted, a liar above His Throne.
سن، المحاسن ابن بزيع عن ابن بشير عن أبي بصير مثله بيان أي مستوليا على عرشه أو كائنا على عرش العظمة و الجلال لا العرش الجسماني.
Al-Mahasin: The like of the hadith above has come. Elucidation: That is, the God who has dominion over His Throne, or who is upon the Throne of majesty and glory — not a bodily throne.
«17»- مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي وَ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْغَفَّارِ الْجَازِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَأَلَهُ يَعْنِي الصَّادِقَ عليه السلام هَلْ يَكُونُ كُفْرٌ لَا يَبْلُغُ الشِّرْكَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْكُفْرَ هُوَ الشِّرْكُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ وَ قَالَ نَعَمْ الرَّجُلُ يَحْمِلُ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَلَا يَعْرِفُهُ فَيَرُدُّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَهِيَ نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا وَ لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الشِّرْكَ.
Ma'ani al-Akhbar: 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Jazi says: Someone told me that he asked Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: Is there an unbelief that does not reach the degree of polytheism? He said: Of course, unbelief is polytheism itself. Then he rose and entered the mosque, and cast a glance at me and said: Yes — a man takes a hadith to his friend, who does not appreciate it and returns it; this is a blessing he has denied (kufr), yet it has not reached the degree of polytheism.
بيان: الجواب الأول مبني على ما هو المتبادر من لفظ الكفر و الجواب الثاني على معنى آخر للكفر فلا تنافي بينهما و إنما أفاده ثانيا لئلا يتوهم السائل أن الكفر بجميع معانيه يرادف الشرك.
Elucidation: The first answer is based on what is immediately understood from the word "kufr", and the second answer on another sense of "kufr"; so there is no conflict between the two. The Imam, peace be upon him, gave the second answer so that the questioner might not suppose that the word "kufr" is in every case synonymous with the word "shirk".
«18»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي لي، الأمالي للصدوق مع، معاني الأخبار فِي خَبَرِ الشَّيْخِ الشَّامِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ التَّسْلِيمُ وَ الْوَرَعُ.
Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi, Amali of al-Saduq and Ma'ani al-Akhbar: In the report of the Syrian old man it comes that Zayd b. Suhan asked 'Ali, peace be upon him: Which deed is greatest with God? He said: Submission and scrupulousness.
«19»- مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَلَا هَلْ عَسَى رَجُلٌ يُكَذِّبُنِي وَ هُوَ عَلَى حَشَايَاهُ مُتَّكِئٌ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنِ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُكَ قَالَ الَّذِي يَبْلُغُهُ الْحَدِيثُ فَيَقُولُ مَا قَالَ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَطُّ فَمَا جَاءَكُمْ عَنِّي مِنْ حَدِيثٍ مُوَافِقٍ لِلْحَقِّ فَأَنَا قُلْتُهُ وَ مَا أَتَاكُمْ عَنِّي مِنْ حَدِيثٍ لَا يُوَافِقُ الْحَقَّ فَلَمْ أَقُلْهُ وَ لَنْ أَقُولَ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ.
Ma'ani al-Akhbar: 'Abd al-Hamid related from Imam al-Kazim, peace be upon him, that the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, said: Take heed! Is it possible that anyone should accuse me of lying? — while he was leaning upon his seat. Those present said: O Prophet of God, who is there that would call you a liar? He said: One to whom a hadith of mine comes and who says: The Prophet of God never said this. So whatever hadith of mine is related to you, weigh it: if it agrees with the truth, that saying is from me; and whatever hadith is related to you from me that does not accord with the truth, I have not said it — I never say anything but the truth.