١٣ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي (رحمه الله) وَ جَمَاعَةُ مَشَايِخِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى كَرْبَلَاءَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الْكَعْبَةَ بِأَرْبَعَةٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ عَامٍ وَ قَدَّسَهَا وَ بَارَكَ عَلَيْهَا فَمَا زَالَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ مُقَدَّسَةً مُبَارَكَةً وَ لَا تَزَالُ كَذَلِكَ وَ يَجْعَلُهَا أَفْضَلَ أَرْضٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
13. All of my scholars including my father and my brother narrated to me from Aĥmad ibn Idrǐs, from Muĥammad ibn Aĥmad, from Muĥammad ibn Ĥusain, from Muĥammad ibn ‘Ali, from Abǐ Sa’ǐd Al-‘Ušfuri, from Abil Miqdām ‘Amr ibn Thābit, from his father, who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir ) said: Allāh, the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. Therefore, it was blessed and sanctified before the creation of any created being and it will remain this way. And Allāh will make it the best land in Paradise. It will be the best abode in Paradise in which Allāh will make His friends abide. The above Ĥadǐth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, my brother and ‘Ali ibn Ĥusain, from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhǐm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from Muĥammad ibn ‘Ali, from Abǐ Sa’ǐd ‘Abbād Al-‘Ušfuri, from Abil Miqdām ‘Amr ibn Thābit, from his father, from Abǐ Ja’far .