قَالَ: حَيَاءً مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمَّا عَبَدَ...

قَالَ: حَيَاءً مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمَّا عَبَدَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى الْعِجْلَ نَكَسَ رَأْسَهُ. وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ مَنْ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الأُخْتَيْنِ. فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إسْحَاقَ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ حَبَارَ وَرَاحِيلَ. فَحُرِّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ (وَأَنْ تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الْأُخْتَيْنِ…) وَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمَدِّ وَالْجَزْرِ مَا هُمَا. قَالَ: مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ بِالْبِحَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ رُومَانُ، فَإِذَا وَضَعَ قَدَمَيْهِ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاضَ، وَإِذَا أَخْرَجَهُمَا غَاضَ.

وَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ اسْمِ أَبِي الْجِنِّ. فَقَالَ: شُومَانُ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي خُلِقَ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ. وَسَأَلَهُ هَلْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً إِلَى الْجِنِّ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ نَبِيّاً يُقَالُ لَهُ يُوسُفُ، فَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ. وَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ اسْمِ إِبْلِيسَ مَا كَانَ فِي السَّمَاءِ. فَقَالَ: كَانَ اسْمُهُ الْحَارِثَ.

The man asked, “Why was Adam named Adam?” The Imam (s) replied, “Since he was created from the Earth’s expanse that is called “Adeem” in Arabic.” [420] The man asked, “Why does a man inherit twice that of a woman?” The Imam (s) replied, “It is because of the wheat branch which had three seeds. Eve ate one and gave two to Adam.

That is why men inherit double the amount that women do.” The man asked, “Which of the Prophets (s) did the Honorable the Exalted God create circumcised at birth?” The Imam (s) replied, “The Honorable the Exalted God create Adam, Seth, Idris, Noah, Shem the son of Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, Lot, Ishmael, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (s) circumcised” [421] The man asked about the age of Adam (s). The Imam (s) said, “He lived for 930 years.” The man asked, “Who was the first poet?

The Imam (s) answered, “It was Adam.

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