Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: About the Words of Allah, the Most High, ’In It There Are Clear Signs’ 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ ٠ُبارَكاً وَهُدىً لِلْعالَ٠ِينَ فِيهِ آياتٌ بَيِّناتٌ ٠َا هَذِهِ الآيَاتُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ قَالَ ٠َ عَلَى الْحَجَرِ فَأَثَّرَتْ فِيهِ قَدَ٠َاهُ وَالْحَجَرُ الأَسْوَدُ وَ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ibn Sinan who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘The first ever house built for people is that which is in Bakkah, the blessed and a guide for the worlds.

In it there are signs which are very clear.’ (3:96-97) I asked, ‘What are these signs which are very clear?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘One of them is the site where Ibrahim stood on the rock. His foot left a clear mark of it. Another sign is the Black Stone, and yet one more sign is the house of Isma‘il.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/66))