٢ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ وَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أَشْتَاقُ إِلَى الْغَرِيِّ قَالَ فَمَا شَوْقُكَ إِلَيْهِ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) وَ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَزُورَهُ قَالَ فَهَلْ تَعْرِفُ فَضْلَ زِيَارَتِهِ قُلْتُ لَا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- فَعَرِّفْنِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ زِيَارَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّكَ زَائِرٌ عِظَامَ آدَمَ وَ بَدَنَ نُوحٍ وَ جِسْمَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) قُلْتُ إِنَّ آدَمَ هَبَطَ بِسَرَنْدِيبَ فِي مَطْلَعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ عِظَامَهُ فِي بَيْتِ اللَّهِ الْحَرَامِ فَكَيْفَ صَارَتْ عِظَامُهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى نُوحٍ (ع) وَ هُوَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ أَنْ يَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ أُسْبُوعاً فَطَافَ كَمَا أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فِي الْمَاءِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ تَابُوتاً فِيهِ عِظَامُ آدَمَ فَحَمَلَ التَّابُوتَ فِي جَوْفِ السَّفِينَةِ حَتَّى طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَطُوفَ- ثُمَّ وَرَدَ إِلَى بَابِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي وَسَطِ مَسْجِدِهَا فَفِيهَا قَالَ اللَّهُ لِلْأَرْضِ ابْلَعِي ماءَكِ فَبَلَعَتْ مَاءَهَا مِنْ مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ كَمَا بَدَأَ الْمَاءُ مِنْ مَسْجِدِهَا وَ تَفَرَّقَ الْجَمْعُ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَ نُوحٍ فِي السَّفِينَةِ- فَأَخَذَ نُوحٌ التَّابُوتَ فَدَفَنَهُ بِالْغَرِيِّ وَ هُوَ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ مُوسى تَكْلِيماً وَ قَدَّسَ عَلَيْهِ عِيسَى تَقْدِيساً وَ اتَّخَذَ عَلَيْهِ إِبْراهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَ اتَّخَذَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّداً حَبِيباً وَ جَعَلَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّينَ مَسْكَناً وَ اللَّهِ مَا سَكَنَ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ آبَائِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ- آدَمَ وَ نُوحٍ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ جَانِبَ النَّجَفِ فَزُرْ عِظَامَ آدَمَ وَ بَدَنَ نُوحٍ وَ جِسْمَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) فَإِنَّكَ زَائِرٌ الْآبَاءَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ مُحَمَّداً (ص) خَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عَلِيّاً سَيِّدَ الْوَصِيِّينَ فَإِنَّ زَائِرَهُ تُفْتَحُ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ عِنْدَ دَعْوَتِهِ فَلَا تَكُنْ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ نَوَّاماً
2. Muĥammad ibn Ya’qūb narrated to me from Abǐ ‘Ali Al-Ash’ari, from someone whose name he mentioned, from Muĥammad ibn Sinān, from Mufaďďal ibn ‘Umar, who said: I went to Abǐ ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šādiq ) and said, “I yearn for Gharǐ!” “Why do you yearn for it?” the Imam  asked. “Because I love the Commander of the Believers  and I love to go to his Ziyārah,” I replied. “Do you know the merits of going to his Ziyārah?” the Imam  asked. “No, O son of the Messenger of Allāh! So teach me,” I said. “When you want to go to the Ziyārah of the Commander of the Believers , know that you will go to the Ziyārah of the bones of Ādam , the flesh of Nūĥ , and the body of ‘Ali ibn Abǐ Ťālib ,” the Imam  said. “Ādam  landed in Sarandǐb in the middle of the day, and it is believed that his bones were next to Allāh’s Sacred House (Ka’bah). So how did his bones end up in Kūfah?” I asked. Imam  replied: When Nūĥ  was in the ark, Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, revealed to him to go to the Ka’bah and circulate around it for seven days. Nūĥ  did as Allāh had ordered. Thereafter, he descended from the ark. He went into the water up to his knees until he brought out a coffin which contained the bones of Ādam . He brought it back with him to his ark. He continued circulating around the Ka’bah for as long as Allāh had willed. Then he moved toward Kūfah. He went inside the Mosque of Kūfah (with his ark) and stopped in the middle. This is where Allāh revealed to the earth, “Swallow your water” (11:44). Therefore, the earth swallowed its water starting from the Mosque of Kūfah, which is where the flood had (originally) begun. Then those who were with Nūĥ  in the ark each went in different directions. Nūĥ  carried the coffin and buried it in Gharǐ which is part of the mountain on which Allāh spoke to Mūsā , purified ‘Isā , chose Ibrāhǐm  as His friend, and chose Muĥammad ﷺ as His love. Allāh chose that land as the abode of the prophets. I swear to Allāh that no one more honourable than the Commander of the Believers  has ever lived there after (the time of) his purified fathers, Ādam and Nūĥ . Therefore, when you want to go to Najaf, go to the Ziyārah of the bones of Ādam, the flesh of Nūĥ, and the body of ‘Ali ibn Abǐ Ťalib . By doing so, you will have gone to the Ziyārah of the first fathers, of Muĥammad ﷺ (who is) the last of the prophets, and of ‘Ali  (who is) the Master of the Successors. Verily the doors of the heavens will be opened for those who go to the Ziyārah of the Commander of the Believers , so do not hold back from this great (fortune). The above Ĥadǐth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: Muĥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ĥimyari, from his father, from Muĥammad ibn Ĥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from (Muĥammad) ibn Sinān, from Mufaďďal ibn ‘Umar, from Abǐ ‘Abdillāh .