1. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya la-`Attar said: My father said, on the authority of Sahl ibn Ziyad al-Adami, on the authority of Ibn Mahbub, on the authority of who related to him that

A man came to al-Sadiq and said: “Allah is the Greatest [Allahu Akbar]!” The Imam asked him, “What is Allah greater than?” The man answered, “Greater than everything!” Al-Sadiq replied, “You have brought Allah down to the level of a door.” The requested, “What should I say then?” He said: “Say Allah is greater than anything that can be described.”