بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ وَ أَبِي عِنْدَ وَالٍ لِبَنِي أُمَيَّةَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ أَبِي فَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ هَذَا قُبَيْلُ فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنِ التَّقْصِيرِ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثٍ وَ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمٍ وَ لَيْلَةٍ وَ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ رَوْحَةٍ فَسَأَلَنِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَمَّا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ( عليه السلام ) بِالتَّقْصِيرِ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فِي كَمْ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ فِي بَرِيدٍ قَالَ وَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ الْبَرِيدُ قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ ظِلِّ عَيْرٍ إِلَى فَيْءِ وُعَيْرٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ عَبَرْنَا زَمَاناً ثُمَّ رَأَى [رُؤِيَ] بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ يَعْمَلُونَ أَعْلَاماً عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ وَ أَنَّهُمْ ذَكَرُوا مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَذَرَعُوا مَا بَيْنَ ظِلِّ عَيْرٍ إِلَى فَيْءِ وُعَيْرٍ ثُمَّ جَزَّءُوهُ إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مِيلًا فَكَانَ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافٍ وَ خَمْسَمِائَةِ ذِرَاعٍ كُلُّ مِيلٍ فَوَضَعُوا الْأَعْلَامَ فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ غَيَّرُوا أَمْرَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ غَيْرَةً لِأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ هَاشِمِيٌّ فَوَضَعُوا إِلَى جَنْبِ كُلِّ عَلَمٍ عَلَماً .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Khazzaz, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said ‘While we<sup>asws</sup> were seated and my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> was in the presence of a governor of the Clan of Umayya upon Al-Medina. When my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> came over and was seated, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> was in the presence of someone such as this, so he asked them about the shortening. So a speaker from them said, ‘In three (days of travel)’, and a speaker from them said, ‘One day and night’, and a speaker from them said, ‘An early journey’. So he asked me<sup>asws</sup>, and I<sup>asws</sup> said to him, ‘When Jibraeel<sup>as</sup> descended unto Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> with the shortening (of the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>). The Prophet<sup>saww</sup> to him<sup>as</sup>: ‘In how much is that?’ So he<sup>as</sup> said: ‘In one <span class="iTxt">Bareyd</span> (12 miles)’. He<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘And which this is Al-<span class="iTxt">Bareyd</span>?’ He<sup>as</sup> said: ‘What is between a shadow of (mount) Ayr to (mount) Wueyr’. He<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Then the time passed. Then beholders saw the Clan of Umayya constructing signs upon the road, and they remembered what Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> had spoken of, so they measure out what is between the shadow of (mount) Ayr up to (mount) Wueyr, and measured it to be twelve miles. So it happened to be three thousand and five hundred cubit for each mile. So they paced the signs. So when the Clan of Hashim were victorious, they changed it and the matter of the Clan of Umayya was changed, because the Hadeeth is Hashimite, so they placed to the side of each sign, a sign’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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