Hadith 98

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Hamza who said, ‘I wrote to the man (Al-Hassan Al Askari-asws), asking him-asws, ‘‘The ones in your-asws Wilayah are differing regarding the Knowledge. Some of them say, ‘Allah-azwj did not cease to be a Knower before He-azwj Doing (Creating) the things’; and some of them say, ‘We are not saying that He-azwj did not cease to be a Knower because the meaning of the knowledge is by a deed. So if we prove the Knowledge (as being eternal), then we have proved regarding the eternality, the things along with it’. So what is your-asws view, may I be sacrificed for you‑asws, if you-asws could teach me from that what I could pause upon and not exceed it’. He-asws wrote in his-asws handwriting: ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted did not cease to be a Knower, Blessed and Exalted is His-azwj Mention’’. [105]