سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْحَطِيمِ فَقَالَ هُوَ مَا بَيْنَ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ بَيْنَ الْبَابِ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ لِمَ سُمِّيَ الْحَطِيمَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ يَحْطِمُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً هُنَاكَ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ibn Fazzal, from Sa’albat, from Muawiya who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about Al-Hateem. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is what is in between the Black Stone and the Door (of the Kabah)’. And I asked him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Why has Al-Hateem been named as such?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Because the people squash (Hatam) each other over there’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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