سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْكُفْرِ وَ الشِّرْكِ أَيُّهُمَا أَقْدَمُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي مَا عَهْدِي بِكَ تُخَاصِمُ النَّاسَ قُلْتُ أَمَرَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي الْكُفْرُ أَقْدَمُ وَ هُوَ الْجُحُودُ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبى وَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَ كانَ مِنَ الْكافِرِينَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Musa Bin Bukeyr who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> about the disbelief (<span class="iTxt">Kufr</span>) and the association (<span class="iTxt">Shirk</span>), which of the two was earlier?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> have not agreed with you to debate with the people’. I said, ‘Hisham Bin Salim instructed me that I ask you<sup>asws</sup> about that’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘The disbelief (<span class="iTxt">Kufr</span>) occurred earlier and it is the denial. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h34"><a href="/books/quran:2#h34">[2:34]</a></a> except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant, and he was one of the unbelievers</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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