Al-Kāfi

Hadith 372
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9ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله لَمْ يَبْدُ لَهُ مِنْ جَهْلٍ.
9. It is narrated from him (Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Attar) from Ahmad (Ibn Muhammad), from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faddal, from Dawud ibn Farqad, from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman al-Juhanni that Abu Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) said: "Al-Bada' does take place to Allah (swt) from ignorance."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

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