32. My father said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said: Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma`il, on the authority of al-Hadrami, on the authority of alMufaddal ibn `Umar that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq said:

“O Mufaddal! Whoever speculates about the state of Allah is ruined, and whoever seeks power is ruined as well.”