Al-Kafi 6830

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazan, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara who said, ‘I was seated by the side of Abu Ja’far^asws and he^asws was Mohtab (Sitting with arms around the knees covered) facing the Kabah. So he^asws said: ‘But, looking at the Kabah is (an act of) worship’. So a man from Bajeela called Aasim Bin Umar came over, so he said to Abu Ja’far^asws, ‘Ka’ab Al-Ahbaar was saying that the Kabah prostrates to Bayt Al-Maqdis during every morning’. So Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘So what are you saying regarding what Ka’ab said?’ So he said, ‘He spoke the truth. The word (going around) is what Ka’ab said’. So Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘You lied, and Ka’ab Al-Ahbar lied along with you’, and (the Imam^asws) was angered. Zurara said, ‘I have not seen him^asws facing anyone by saying: ‘You lied!’ apart from him. Then he^asws said: ‘Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic has not Created a spot in the earth more Beloved to Him^azwj, than it’. Then he^asws gestured with his^asws hand towards the Kabah, (and said): ‘Nor is anything more Prestigious to Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic than it. For it, Allah^azwj Sanctified the months in His^azwj Book the day He^azwj Created the skies and the earth. Three are consecutive for the Hajj – Shawwal, and Zul Qadah, and Zul Hijja, and a month separate for the Umra, and it is Rajab’.

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