Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.) 2ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فِي كُلِّ الا٠ُورِ أَرَادُوا إِطْفَاءَ نُورِكَ وَالتَّقْصِيرَ بِكَ حَتَّى أَنْزَلُوكَ هَذَا الْخَانَ الاشْنَعَ خَانَ الصَّعَالِيكِ فَقَالَ هَاهُنَا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ ثُ٠َأَ بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ انْظُرْ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَوْضَاتٍ آنِقَاتٍ وَرَوْضَاتٍ بَاسِرَاتٍ فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ عَطِرَاتٌ وَوِلْدَانٌ كَأَنَّهُنَّ اللُّؤْلُؤُ الْ٠َكْنُونُ وَأَطْيَارٌ وَظِبَاءٌ وَأَنْهَارٌ تَفُورُ فَحَارَ بَصَرِي وَحَسَرَتْ عَيْنِي فَقَالَ حَيْثُ كُنَّا فَهَذَا لَنَا عَتِيدٌ لَسْنَا فِي خَانِ الصَّعَالِيكِ.

He pointed out with his hand and said, “Look there.” When looked I saw gardens. I saw very delightful gardens. There lived lovely boys and girls as if they well protected and secure pearls. There lived birds and beautiful deer. It have fountains and rivers that pur out and gush forth. My sight bewildered and my eyes turned dull. He then said, “Wherever we may live these are for us.

We are in the lodging for the homeless.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/114))