1. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa and Ibrahim ibn Hashim both said, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn `Ali, on the authority of Dawud ibn `Ali al-Ya`qubi, on the authority of some of our scholars, on the authority of `Abd al-A`la freed slave of Al Sam, On the authority of Abu `Abd Allah that

A Jewish man called Subakht came to the Messenger of Allah and said: “O Muhammad, I have come to ask about your Lord, So, if you answer me about what I ask you of Him, I will follow you. Otherwise, I will leave.” The Messenger of Allah said to him, “Ask what you wish.” Hence, he asked, “Where is your Lord?” The Prophet replied, “He is in very place, but He is not confined in any place.” He enquired, “How is He?” The Prophet answered, “How can I describe my Lord in terms of quality when quality was created by Allah, and Allah cannot be compared with His Creation.” He asked, “Then who knows that you are a Prophet ?” The reported says: “Everything which surrounded him, including the stones, pebbles and other things, spoke in clear Arabic That `O Shaykh! Verily, He is the Messenger of Allah.’” So Subakht said: “By Allah I have not seen things so clearly as I have seen them today.” Then he said: “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that you are the Messenger of Allah.”