Judi observed humility – and that is the mountain near you –...

Judi observed humility – and that is the mountain near you – thus the ark touched land at its side…”[^15] The prominent Shaykh, Abul Qasim Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Quluwahy Qummi (q.s.) in the book of Kamil az-Ziyaraat through his own chain of narrators relates from Safwan bin Jamal that he said: I heard His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) that he said: “Allah, the Mighty and the High gave precedence to some lands and waters over others, thus some of them became proud and some of them oppressed, and no land or water remained but that it was punished for leaving humility for Allah till the Almighty Allah made the polytheists gain power on the Kaaba and sent salty water on Zam Zam that mixed with its flavor.” “And indeed, Kerbala and the water of Furaat was the first land and water that the Almighty Allah gave sanctity to.

Thus the Almighty Allah told them: Speak up about the excellence that the Almighty Allah has granted you? They said: When the lands and waters became proud over each other. We said: I am the blessed sacred land of Allah, there is cure in my dust and water…