١٣ - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن محمد بن عمران الدقاق رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن محمد بن إسماعيل البرمكي، عن الحسين ابن الحسن، عن بكر بن صالح، عن الحسين بن سعيد  عن إبراهيم بن محمد الخزاز، ومحمد بن الحسين، قالا: دخلنا على أبي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام فحكينا له ما روي أن محمدا صلى الله عليه وآله رأى ربه في هيئة الشاب الموفق في سن أبناء ثلاثين سنة رجلاه في خضرة  وقلت: إن هشام بن سالم وصاحب الطاق والميثمي يقولون: إنه أجوف إلى السرة والباقي صمد، فخر ساجدا، ثم قال: سبحانك ما عرفوك ولا وحدوك فمن أجل ذلك وصفوك، سبحانك لو عرفوك لوصفوك بما وصفت به نفسك، سبحانك كيف طاوعتهم أنفسهم أن شبهوك بغيرك، إلهي لا أصفك إلا بما وصفت به نفسك، ولا أشبهك بخلقك، أنت أهل لكل خير فلا تجعلني من القوم الظالمين) ثم التفت إلينا، فقال: ما توهمتم من شئ فتوهموا الله غيره، ثم قال: نحن آل محمد النمط الأوسط  الذي لا يدركنا الغالي ولا يسبقنا التالي، يا محمد إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله حين نظر إلى عظمة ربه كان في هيئة الشاب الموفق وسن أبناء ثلاثين سنة يا محمد عظم ربي وجل أن يكون في صفة المخلوقين، قال: قلت: جعلت فداك من كانت رجلاه في خضرة؟ قال: ذاك محمد صلى الله عليه وآله كان إذا نظر إلى ربه بقلبه جعله في نور مثل نور الحجب حتى يستبين له ما في الحجب، إن نور الله منه اخضر ما - اخضر، ومنه احمر ما احمر، ومنه ابيض ما ابيض، ومنه غير ذلك  يا محمد ما شهد به الكتاب والسنة فنحن القائلون به. 
13. `Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al-Daqqaq  said: Muhammad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Kufi said on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-Barmaki, on the authority al-Husayn ibn alHasan, on the authority of Bakr ibn Salih, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sa`id, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Khazzaz and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn both said We entered into the presence of Abu al-Hasan (`Ali) al-Rida . We related to him what was transmitted regarding Muhammad ﷺ; namely, that he saw His Lord in the form of a vigorous young man of thirty years of age, whose feet wee covered in greenery. I also explained to him that that Hisham ibn Salim, Sahib al-Taqi and al-Maythami say that Allah’s belly is hollow and the rest (of His body) is solid. Hence, he  fell in prostration and then said: May You be Glorified! They have not recognized You, nor have they testified to Your Unity. As a result, they have described You as such. May You be glorified! Had they recognized You, they would have only described You by means of the attributes with which You have described yourself. May You be glorified! They have certainly wronged themselves by describing You with what is not worthy of You. O my God, I only describe You with the attributes with which You have described yourself, and I do not compare You with Your Creation. You are worthy of all good. Do not count me among the oppressors. Then he  turned his face to us and said: “Whatever you have imagined, imagine Allah as other than that.” He  then added: We, the Household of Muhammad ﷺ, are the middle way [al-Namat al-Awsat] which the exaggerator [ghali] cannot comprehend, and the neglectful follower does not reach. O Muhammad! Verily, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the grandeur of His Lord, he, the Messenger, was in a form of a vigorous young man of thirty years of age. O Muhammad! MY Lord is far above possessing the attributes of the created. He says, I asked him : ‘May I be your ransom! Whose feet were covered in green?” He  replied: That refers to Muhammad ﷺ. When looked at his Lord by means of his heat, Allah covered him in the Light of His Veil until it was apparent to him what was behind the veil. Verily, the Light of Allah is green, red, and white, as well as other colors. O Muhammad, we only accept what agrees with the Book (Qur`an), and the Sunnah (traditions of the Prophet).