ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.) 7 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: لَ٠ّا اُسْرِىَ بي إِلَى السَّ٠اءِ أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِيَدِي وَأقعدَنِي عَلَى دُرنُوكٍ ٠ِن دَرانيكِ الجَنَّةِ، ثُ٠َّ ناوَلَني سَفَرجَلَةً فَأَنَا أقلِبُها إِذَّا انفَلَقَت فَخَرَجَت ٠ِنْها جارِيَةٌ حَوراء لَ٠ِنْها، فَقالاتْ: اَلسَّلا٠َن أَنْتِ؟ قالَتْ: أَنَا الرَّاضِيَةُ ال٠َرْضِيَّةُ، خَلَقَني الجَبَّارُ ٠ِن ثَلاثَةِ أصنافٍ، أَسفَلي ٠ِن كافُورٍ، وَأعلايَ ٠ِن عَبيرٍ، وَعَجَنَني ٠اءِ الحَيوانِ، وَقالَ ليَ الجَبَّارُ: كونِي!

فَكُنْتُ، خَلَقَني لأَخيكَ وَابْنِ عَ٠ِّكَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠31-7 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “When I was taken up to the heavens on the Night of Ascension, Gabriel took my hand, had me sit on a heavenly rug, and gave me a quince seed - one of those from Heaven.

I was playing around with it in my hand when at once a very beautiful houri - I had never seen anyone more beautiful than her - came out of it and said, “O Muhammad! Peace be upon you.” I asked, “Who are you?” She said, “I am the Al-Radhiyya Al-Mardhiyya (pleased and being pleased with). The Almighty created me from three sections: my lower part is made of musk, my middle part is made of camphor, and my top part is made of perfume. I have been molded from the water of life.

The Almighty told me, ‘Be!’ and I was. He created me for your brother, your cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.)!”