Ali ibn al-’Abbas

421. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Al-Khurasany, from Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar who said: I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام at Al-Kufa in the days of Ali Bin Al-Abbas. So when we ended up to Al-Kunasa, he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Over there is where they crucified my عليه الصلاة والسلام uncle Zayd, may Allah عز وجل have Mercy upon him’. Then we went until we ended up at the (market) stall of the oilmen, and it was at the end of the two lamps. So he عليه الصلاة والسلام descended and said: ‘Descend, for this is the place where the Masjid Al-Kufa used to be at first which Adam عليه السلام had marked, and I عليه الصلاة والسلام do not like that I عليه الصلاة والسلام should enter it riding’. I said, ‘So who was the other one who had marked it?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘As for the first one, that was the storm during the era of Noah عليه السلام. Then others from the companions of Chosroe and Nu’man, and thereafter Ziyad Bin Abu Sufyan’. So I said, ‘And there was a Masjid at Al-Kufa during the era of Noah عليه السلام?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said to me; ‘Yes, O Mufazzal. And the houses of Noah عليه السلام and his عليه السلام people were in a town, at a place from the Euphrates which follows west of Al-Kufa’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘And Noah عليه السلام was a carpenter. So Allah عز وجل Made him عليه السلام a Prophet عليه السلام and Answered him عليه السلام. And Noah عليه السلام was the first one to make a ship which flowed upon the back of the water’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘And Noah عليه السلام lived among his عليه السلام people for fifty years less a thousand years (950), calling them to Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic. However, they derided him عليه السلام and laughed at him عليه السلام. So when he عليه السلام saw that from them, he عليه السلام supplicated against them saying: ‘Lord عز وجل! Do not Leave upon the earth any house of the infidels. If You عز وجل Leave them, they will lead astray Your عز وجل servants, and will not give birth to anyone except the infidel tyrants’. So Allah عز وجل Revealed unto Noah عليه السلام that he عليه السلام should make a ship and make it a big one, and hurriedly. So Noah عليه السلام made a ship in Masjid Al-Kufa by his عليه السلام hands. He brought the wood from afar until he عليه السلام finished it. Al-Mufazzal said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام interrupted the Hadith during the sunset. So Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام stood up and Prayed the Midday Salat (Al-Zohar), and the Afternoon Salat (Al-Asar), then left from the Masjid. He عليه الصلاة والسلام indicated by his عليه الصلاة والسلام hand to his عليه الصلاة والسلام left to a place where there was a house among the houses, and it was the place of the house of Ibn Hakeym, and where is Euphrates today, so he عليه الصلاة والسلام said to me: ‘O Mufazzal! Over there is where the idols of the people of Noah عليه السلام were fixed – Yagows, and Yaowq, and Nasraa’. Then he عليه الصلاة والسلام went and rode upon his عليه الصلاة والسلام animal. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you عليه الصلاة والسلام, how long did it take for Noah عليه السلام to build his عليه السلام ship until he عليه السلام finished it?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘In two time periods’. I said, ‘And how long are these two time periods?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Eighty years’. I said, ‘The general Muslim are saying that he عليه السلام built it over five hundred years’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘No! How are they saying this, and by Allah عز وجل it has been Revealed to us عليه الصلاة والسلام?’ I said, ‘Inform me about the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[23:27] and when Our command is given and the oven overflows” so where is its place and how was it?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘It was the oven in the house of an elderly believing woman in the direction of the Qiblah, on the right of the Masjid’. I said to him عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘So that is the place of the corner of the Baab Al-Feel today’. Then I said to him عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘And that is oven where the water started coming from?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Yes. Allah عز وجل Loved to show a sign to the people of Noah عليه السلام. Then Allah عز وجل Sent rain upon them which flooded them with a flood, and the Euphrates overflowed with a flood, and then all the rivers overflowed. Thus Allah عز وجل Drowned all of them and saved Noah عليه السلام and those who were with him عليه السلام in the ship’. So I said to him, ‘How long did Noah عليه السلام remain in the ship until the water subsided, and he عليه السلام came out from it?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘He عليه السلام remained in it for seven days and nights. It circled around the House for a week, then settled upon the Mount Joudy, and it is Euphrates of Al-Kufa’. I said to him عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘The Masjid of Al-Kufa is old?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Yes, and it is a Praying place of Prophets عليه السلام, and the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم had Prayed in it when he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Taken on an ascension to the sky. So Jibraeel عليه السلام said to him عليه السلام: ‘O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم! This is a Mosque of your صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم father Adam عليه السلام, and a Praying Place of the Prophets عليه السلام’. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم descended and Prayed therein. Then Jibraeel عليه السلام ascended with him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم to the sky’.