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The tradition "I came to know Allah by the abolishment of decisions" <br /> (Nahj-ul-balag ah, Hekmat 250) narrated by Imam Ali presents a path different <br /> from the arguments of philosophers and theologians on the subject of <br /> theology to the truth-seekers. Tn his word, Imam Ali elaborates this path as <br /> reliance on the divinity of God and His management of affairs. There are different versions of this hadith with varying phrases in early <br /> sources as well as recent ones, particularly in the books of Shaikh Sadugh; the <br /> inspection of its chain of narrators, on the whole leaves it nearly without any <br /> trace of doubt that this saying has been uttered by the Imam. Examining the <br /> authenticity of this hadith has been the main objective of this article <br /> providing the neccassary ground so that deliberation on its meaning would be <br /> followed with more esteem.