Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The First Thing of Lands that Allah Created Was the Site of the House and How Was What He First Created ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرَارَةَ التَّ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َّا أَرَادَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الأَرْضَ أَ٠َرَ الرِّيَاحَ فَضَرَبْنَ وَجْهَ الْ٠َاءِ حَتَّى صَارَ ٠َّ أَزْبَدَ فَصَارَ زَبَداً وَاحِداً فَجَ٠َوْضِعِ الْبَيْتِ ثُ٠َّ جَعَلَهُ جَبَلاً ٠َّ دَحَا الأَرْضَ ٠ِنْ تَحْتِهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ ٠ُبارَكاً.

وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضاً عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠7.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from abu Zurarah al-Tamimiy from abu Hassan who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘When Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, decided to create the earth, He commanded the air to stir the surface of the water to raise waves, which then turned into scum that was collected on the site of the House.

He then made it a mountain of scum, then He extended the earth from underneath the House and that is what Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, has spoken of, “The first house established for people was that which is in Bakkah, the blessed one.” (3:95)’” This is narrated from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from abu Bakr al-Hadramiy from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) also. جهول وسنده الخير حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/12))