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Hadith 1070
Hadith #
1070
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
1
Section
105
Part
The Book about people with Divine Authority
Chapter
The Whole Earth belongs to the Imam (a.s.)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Abdallah ibn Ahmad from Ali ibn al-Ni‘man from Salih ibn Hamza from Aban ibn Mus‘ab from Yunus ibn Zabyan or al-Mu‘alla ibn al-Khnith who has said the following.
“I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), ‘What is for you from this earth?” He smiled and then said, “Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, sent Jibril and commanded him to dig with his toe eight rivers on earth. Of these are the River Sayhan and Jayhan which is the River in Balkh (central Asia) the River al-Khshu‘ which is the River al-Shash, river Mihran which is India, River Nile in Egypt, Tigris and Euphrates. All that these rivers provide water or all that take water from them belong to us and whatever is for us is for our Shi‘a. There is nothing for our enemies except what they have usurped. Our friends and supporters in an place bigger than this and this, the sky and earth. The Imam (a.s.) then recited the words of Allah. “They are made for the believers in this world (but others have usurped it from them) and are exclusively for them in the life hereafter (no one would usurp from them).” (7:32)
5ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ أَوِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ
قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الارْضِ فَتَبَسَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بَعَثَ جَبْرَئِيلَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَخْرِقَ بِإِبْهَامِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَنْهَارٍ فِي الارْضِ مِنْهَا سَيْحَانُ وَجَيْحَانُ وَهُوَ نَهَرُ بَلْخَ وَالْخشوع وَهُوَ نَهَرُ الشَّاشِ وَمِهْرَانُ وَهُوَ نَهَرُ الْهِنْدِ وَنِيلُ مِصْرَ وَدِجْلَةُ وَالْفُرَاتُ فَمَا سَقَتْ أَوِ اسْتَقَتْ فَهُوَ لَنَا وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا فَهُوَ لِشِيعَتِنَا وَلَيْسَ لِعَدُوِّنَا مِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِلا مَا غَصَبَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ وَلِيَّنَا لَفِي أَوْسَعَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذِهْ إِلَى ذِهْ يَعْنِي بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالارْضِ ثُمَّ تَلا هَذِهِ الايَةَ قُلْ هِيَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا الْمَغْصُوبِينَ عَلَيْهَا خالِصَةً لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ بِلا غَصْبٍ.
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