The Merits of the Euphrates River, Drinking from Its Water, and Performing Ghusl in It

‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: Water is the master of drinks in this world and in the Hereafter. Four of the rivers in this world are from Paradise: the Euphrates, the Nile, the Sayḥān, and the…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If the water of the Euphrates River is used to open the mouth of a (newborn baby) and is his first drink, he will be among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: If the distance between us and the Euphrates (River) was this much – and he mentioned a distance – we would go to it to seek cure with its water.

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say, “I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.” Then…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) explained the verse, “And we gave them both refuge on a mound, where there was rest and security, watered by a spring” (23:50). He (the Imam (a.s.)) said, “Mound’ refers to Najaf of…

‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: The Euphrates (River) is the master of the waters in this life and in the Hereafter.

‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Every night an angel comes down and drops three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise in the Euphrates River. There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River)…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Every day some drops (of water) fall from Paradise into the Euphrates (River).

When Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) came to Kūfah during the time of Abil ‘Abbās, he was on his mount and was wearing his traveling attire. He stopped on the bridge of Kūfah and asked his servant to give him some…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: “The shores in the right side of the valley” (28:30), which Allāh has mentioned in His Book, is the Euphrates (River); “the blessed spot” (28:30) is Karbalā and “the tree” (28:30)…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among our Shia. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated…

‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Every night, Allāh sends down an angel who has three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise with him and he drops them in the Euphrates River (which is close to you). There…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with the water of the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) mentioned the Euphrates (River) and said: Verily it (the Euphrates River) is from among the Shia of ‘Ali (a.s.). No one’s mouth is opened with it without him loving us, the Ahlul Bayt.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If the water of the Euphrates (River) is the first thing that is given to a newborn baby and if the baby drinks it, he will be among those who love us because the Euphrates River…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: There are two believing rivers and two disbelieving rivers. The two disbelieving rivers are the Balkh River and the Tigris River, and the two believing rivers are the Nile River…