25 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَنان قالَ سَأَلْته - يَعْنِي الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ -
عَنِ الاسم ما هُوَ؟ فَقالَ: صِفَةٌ لِمَوصُوف.
11-25 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Sinan asked him (s) (i.e. Al-Ridha (s)) what a name is. The Imam (s) replied, “It is something to describe something else with.”
Reference: ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā, book 2, chapter 11, hadith 25, collection no. 133
