3. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar, on authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, on the authority of al-Nadr ibn Suwayd, on the authority of Yahya al-Halabi, on the authority of Ibn Muskan, on the authority of Zurarah that I heard Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq say:

“Verily, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is free from His Creation, and His Creation is free from Him. Whatever can be defined by the word `thing’ is a creation other than Almighty Allah. Exalted is He who is beyond compare.”