My father said...

My father said, ‘Saeed Bin Abdullah narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khatab and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa together, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ismail Bin Jabir and Karaam Bin Amro, from Abdul Hameed Bin Abu Al Daylam, Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘When Qabeel -la saw that the fire had accepted the sacrifice of Habeel -as , Iblees -la said to him -la , ‘Habeel -as used to worship the fire’.

So Qabeel -la said to him -la , ‘I -la will not worship the fire which Habeel -la used to worship, but I -la shall worship another fire, and offer a sacrifice for it, so it would accept my -la sacrifice’. Therefore, he -la built houses for fire worship (offerings). So there did not happen to be for him -la knowledge of his -la Lord -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and his -la children did not inherit from it (anything) except for the fire-worshipping’.

[2] (باب 3 – العلة التى من أجلها عبدت الاصنام) Chapter 3 – The reason due to which idols were worshipped أبى رحمه الله قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد ابن عيسى قال: حدثنى محمد بن خالد البرقى قال: حدثنى حماد بن عيسى عن حريز ابن عبد الله السجستاني عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام، في قوله الله عزوجل (وقالوا لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سوعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا) قال: كانوا يعبدون الله عزوجل فماتوا، فضج قومهم وشق ذلك عليهم فجاءهم ابليس لعنه الله فقال لهم: اتخذ لكم اصناما على صورهم فتنظرون إليهم وتأنسون بهم وتعبدون الله My father said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Abdullah narrated to us, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Ibn Isa, from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al barqy, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Hareyz Ibn Abdullah Al Sajastany, (It has been narrated) from Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [71:23] And they have said (to each other), ‘Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa’, neither Yaguth nor Ya’uq, nor Nasr .

The Imam -asws said: ‘They (the mentioned) used to be worshipping Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic. They died. It was grievous upon their…