Chapter: The Merits of KarbalÄ and the ZiyÄrah of Ĥusain (a.s.) 3. Abul âAbbÄs Al-KÅ«fi narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil KhaťťÄb, from AbÄ« SaâÄ«d Al-âUsfuri, from âAmr ibn ThÄbit, from his father, who said: AbÅ« Jaâfar (Imam BÄqir (a.s.)) said: AllÄh, the Blessed and the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified the land of KarbalÄ twenty-four thousand years before He created the Kaâbah.
Therefore, it was blessed and sanctified before the creation of any created being and it will remain this way until AllÄh (ascends it to Paradise and) appoints it as the best land in Paradise. It will be the best abode in Paradise in which AllÄh will make His friends abide.