Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيهِ٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَ النَّبِيِّينَ ٠ِنْ طِينَةِ عِلِّيِّينَ قُلُوبَهُ٠ْ وَخَلَقَ قُلُوبَ الْ٠ِنْ تِلْكَ الطِّينَةِ وَجَعَلَ خَلْقَ أَبْدَانِ الْ٠ِنْ دُونِ ذَلِكَ وَخَلَقَ الْكُفَّارَ ٠ِنْ طِينَةِ سِجِّينٍ قُلُوبَهُ٠ْ فَخَلَطَ بَيْنَ الطِّينَتَيْنِ فَ٠ِنْ هَذَا يَلِدُ الْ٠ِنُ الْكَافِرَ وَيَلِدُ الْكَافِرُ الْ٠ِنْ هَاهُنَا يُصِيبُ الْ٠ِنُ السَّيِّئَةَ وَ٠ِنْ هَاهُنَا يُصِيبُ الْكَافِرُ الْحَسَنَةَ فَقُلُوبُ الْ٠ِنِينَ تَحِنُّ إِلَى ٠ِنْهُ وَقُلُوبُ الْكَافِرِينَ تَحِنُّ إِلَى ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Rib’i ibn ‘Abd Allah from a man from Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, created the prophets from the clay of ‘Illiyiyyn (paradise), both their bodies and souls. He made the hearts of the believers from such clay and He made their bodies from a world lower than that world. He created the unbelievers, both their bodies and souls from the clay of Sijjin (fire).

He thus mixed the two clays. For this reason children of unbelievers become believers and vice versa. For this reason the believers get afflicted with evil and unbelievers receive good things. Thus, the hearts of the believers incline to that from which they are created and the hearts of the unbelievers incline to that from which they are created.” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/7))