قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا عَلَاءُ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا أَوَّلُ شَجَرَةٍ نَبَتَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ ابْنُ رَسُولِهِ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ إِنَّهَا الْعَجْوَةُ فَمَا خَلَصَ فَهُوَ الْعَجْوَةُ وَ مَا كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مِنَ الْأَشْبَاهِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Khattab Al Hallal, from A’ala Bin Razeyn who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O A’ala! Do you know what is the first tree planted upon the surface of the earth?’ I said, ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup> and a son<sup>asws</sup> of His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup> are most knowing’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is <span class="iTxt">Al-Ajwa</span>. So whatever is pure so it is <span class="iTxt">Al-Ajwa</span>, and whatever was other than that, so rather it is from its resemblances’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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