17. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Attar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Sahl ibn Ziyad al-Adami, on the authority of Hamzah ibn Muhammad that I wrote to Abu al-Hasan al-Kadhim asking him whether Allah had a body or an image. Hence he wrote in reply:

“Glory be to Him who has nothing whatsoever like unto Him,”