Al-Kafi 14843

Translation

<a id="_Toc492473160">H 14503</a> – Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saleh, from Abaan Bin Taghlud has narrated the following: <span class="first-chapter-phrase"><span class="first-in-chapter character-a">A</span>bu Abdullah</span>^asws said, ‘I asked him^asws about the earth, which thing does it rest upon? He^asws said: ‘It is upon the whale’. I said, ‘So the whale, which thing does it rest upon?’ He^asws said: ‘Upon the water’. I said, ‘So the water, upon which thing does is rest upon?’ He^asws said: ‘Upon a rock’. I said, ‘So upon which thing does the rock rest upon?’ He^asws said: ‘Upon the horns of a bull’ I said, ‘So upon which thing does the bull rest upon?’ He^asws said: ‘Upon the mist’. I said, ‘So upon which thing does the mist rest upon?’ He^asws said: ‘This is how far knowledge of scholars is permitted (to reveal) and beyond this is straying’.

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