١ - حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن محمد بن أبي إسحاق الخفاف، قال: حدثني عدة من أصحابنا أن عبد الله الديصاني أتى هشام بن الحكم فقال له: ألك رب؟ فقال: بلى، قال: قادر؟ قال: نعم قادر، قاهر، قال: يقدر أن يدخل الدنيا كلها في البيضة لا يكبر البيضة ولا يصغر الدنيا؟ فقال هشام: النظرة، فقال له: قد أنظرتك حولا، ثم خرج عنه، فركب هشام إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام فاستأذن عليه فأذن له فقال: يا ابن رسول الله أتاني عبد الله الديصاني بمسألة ليس المعول فيها إلا على الله وعليك، فقال له أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: عماذا سألك؟ فقال: قال لي كيت وكيت، فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: يا هشام كم حواسك؟ قال: خمس، فقال: أيها أصغر؟ فقال الناظر، فقال: وكم قدر الناظر؟ قال: مثل العدسة أو أقل منها، فقال: يا هشام فانظر أمامك وفوقك وأخبرني بما ترى، فقال: أرى سماء وأرضا ودورا وقصورا وترابا وجبالا وأنهارا، فقال له أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: إن الذي قدر أن يدخل الذي تراه العدسة أو أقل منها قادر أن يدخل الدنيا كلها البيضة لا يصغر الدنيا ولا يكبر البيضة  فانكب هشام عليه وقبل يديه ورأسه ورجليه، وقال: حسبي يا ابن رسول الله فانصرف إلى منزله، وغدا إليه الديصاني  فقال: يا هشام إني جئتك مسلما ولم أجئك متقاضيا للجواب، فقال له هشام: إن كنت جئت متقاضيا فهاك الجواب، فخرج عنه الديصاني، فأخبر أن هشاما دخل على أبي عبد الله عليه السلام فعلمه الجواب فمضى عبد الله الديصاني حتى أتى باب أبي عبد الله عليه السلام فاستأذن عليه فأذن له، فلما قعد قال له: يا جعفر بن محمد دلني على معبودي، فقال له أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: ما اسمك؟ فخرج عنه ولم يخبره باسمه، فقال له أصحابه: كيف لم تخبره باسمك؟! قال: لو كنت قلت له: (عبد الله) كان يقول: من هذا الذي أنت له عبد؟ فقالوا له: عد إليه فقل له يدلك على معبودك ولا يسألك عن اسمك، فرجع إليه فقال له: يا جعفر دلني على معبودي ولا تسألني عن اسمي، فقال له أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: اجلس، وإذا غلام له صغير في كفه بيضة يلعب بها، فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: ناولني يا غلام البيضة فناوله إياها فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: يا ديصاني هذا حصن مكنون  له جلد غليظ وتحت الجلد الغليظ جلد رقيق، وتحت الجلد الرقيق ذهبة مايعة وفضة ذائبة، فلا الذهبة المايعة تختلط بالفضة الذائبة ولا الفضة الذائبة تختلط بالذهبة المايعة، هي على حالها لم يخرج منها مصلح فيخبر عن إصلاحها ولا دخل فيها مفسد فيخبر عن فسادها، لا يدري للذكر خلقت أم للأنثى، تنفلق عن مثل ألوان الطواويس، أترى لها مدبرا؟  قال: فأطرق مليا؟ ثم قال: أشهد أن لا إله ألا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأن محمد عبده ورسوله، وأنك إمام وحجة من الله على خلقه، وأنا تائب مما كنت فيه. 
1. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil  said; `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said on the‬‬ ‫‪authority of Muhammad ibn Abu Ishaq al-Khaffaf that some of our scholars related that‬‬ `Abd Allah al-Daysani come to Hisham ibn al-Hakam and asked him: “Do you have a Lord?” Hence, he replied: “Of course.” “Is He Omnipotent [qadir]?” He enquired. He answered: “Yes, He is Omnipotent, and He is the Subduer.” He asked: “Does He have the power to place the whole world in an egg, without making the egg bigger or the world smaller?” So Hisham responded: “Can you give me some time?” Therefore, he said: “I shall give you some time.” Then he left from his presence. Hisham went riding to Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq  and asked for his permission to enter; hence, he permitted him. He then explained, “O son of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ! `Abd Allah al-Daysani came to me with a question that no one can resolve except Allah and you.” Thus, Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq  said to him, “What is it that he asked you?” So he replied, “He said to me so and so.” Thus, Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq  explained, “O Hisham! How many sense do you have?” “Five.” Hisham answered. So the Imam  asked, “Which is the smallest of the senses?” He said: “The pupil (of the eye).” “What is the size of the pupil?” The Imam  enquired. Hisham responded, “It is the size of a grain of lentil or even smaller than that.” Thus, the Imam  said: “O Hisham! Look ahead and above you, and inform me of what you see.” He replied, “I see the sky, the Earth, houses, palaces, dust, mountains and rivers.” Then, Abu `Abd Allah  said: “Verily, the One who has the power to place what you see in a grain of lentil or seen smaller than that has the power to place the whole world in an egg, without making the world smaller or making the egg bigger.” Hisham threw himself down to the Imam’s feet and kissed his hands, head and feet, and then said: “This is sufficient for me, O son of the Messenger of Allah.” Then he returned to his house. The following day al-Daysani came to him and said; “O Hisham, I have come to you, greeted you, and have not come demanding an answer.” Hisham replied, “Whether or not you came for an answer, I have it.” Hence, al-Daysani left is present. He was informed that Hisham went to the presence of Abu `Abd Allah  and he has taught him the answer. `Abd Allah al-Daysani left, and reached the door of Abu `Abd Allah . He asked for his permission to enter and the Imam permitted him. When he sat down, he said to the Imam , “O Ja`far son of Muhammad! Guide me to my Lord.” Thus, Abu `Abd Allah  asked, “What is your name?” So he walked out on the Imam  and did not inform him of is name. Hence, he friends asked him, “Why did you not tell him your name?” He replied, “If I had told that my name is `Abd Allah, he would have said: `Who is that you are the servant of?” They said to him “Return to him and tell him to guide you to your Lord without asking you your name.” Therefore, he returned to him and said: “O Ja`far! Guide me to my Lord, and do not ask me about my name.” Thus, Abu `Abd Allah  said to him, “Sit down.” He had a young boy, who had an egg in his hand and was playing with it. So Abu `Abd Allah  said: “Young lad, bring me the egg.” So he brought it to him. Abu `Abd Allah  further said: O Daysani, this is a concealed stronghold. It has a solid cover, and inside the solid cover there is soft layer. Inside the soft layer there is the egg-yolk and the albumin. Neither does the egg-yolk mix with the albumin not does the albumin mix the egg-yolk. Each remains in its state. No informer comes out of it to inform of its usefulness nor has a defect informed of its decay. No one knows whether it will make a male or a female. Colors lie that of the peacocks burst out of it. Do you not think that it is the product of Planner [mudabbir]? He put his head down for a long time, then said: “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, Alone. He has no associates, and Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger, and you are an Imam and a Proof from Allah for His Creation. I repent for the misguidance in which I was in.”