The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 1) · Hadith 239 (#Ḥadīth #31)

31 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِم، عَن أَبيهِ، عَن أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي نَصْرِ البِزَنْطِيِّ قالَ سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا a.sُ عَنِ الْحَرَمِ وَأَعْلامِهِ كَيْفَ صَارَ بَعْضُهَا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَبَعْضُهَا أَبْعَدَ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمَّا أَهْبَطَ آدَمَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَهْبَطَهُ عَلَى أَبِي قُبَيْسٍ فَشَكَا إِلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْوَحْشَةَ وَأَنَّهُ لا يَسْمَعُ مَا كَانَ يَسْمَعُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَهْبَطَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِ يَاقُوتَةً حَمْرَاءَ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي مَوْضِعِ الْبَيْتِ فَكَانَ يَطُوفُ بِهَا آدَمُ a.sُ وَكَانَ ضَوْؤُهَا يَبْلُغُ مَوْضِعَ الأَعْلامِ فَعُلِّمَتِ الأَعْلامُ عَلَى ضَوْئِهَا فَجَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَرَماً.حدثنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار، عَن أحْمَد بْنِعِيسَى عَنْ أَبي هَمّامٍ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ هَمّامٍ، عَن أَبي الحَسَن الرِّضا a.sُ نَحْوَهذا وَحَدَّثَناالحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار، عَن العَبَّاسِ بْنِ معروف، عَن صَفْوان بْنِ يَحْيَى قالَ سَئَلَ أَبُو الحَسَن a.sُ، عَن الحرم وَأعلامه فذكر مِثْلَهُ سَواء.

28-31 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bezanti, “I asked Abul Hassan Al-Ridha (s) about the ‘Al-Haram (Mosque) and why some of the signs marking its boundary are closer to each other, while others are farther away from each other. The Imam (s) said, ‘When the Honorable the Exalted God threw Adam (s) out of Paradise and sent him down to Mount Abi Qobays, Adam (s) complained to his Lord - the Honorable the Exalted - about being frightened and not hearing the sounds that he (s) used to hear in Paradise. Then the Honorable the Exalted God sent down a red hyacinth which Adam (s) placed at the site of the House (the Kaaba). Adam (s) used to circumambulate around it and its light reached the limits of the ‘Al-Haram. The signs marking the limits of the ‘Al-Haram were thus marked based on the light from that hyacinth. Thus God established that area as the ‘Al-Haram Mosque.”The same account was narrated by Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abi Himam Isma’il ibn Himam, on the authority of Abil Hassan Al-Ridha (s).Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf quoted on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, “I asked Abul Hassan (s) about the ‘Al-Haram (Mosque) and its signs. He told me something similar to the above.”

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