On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

28-31 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bezanti, “I asked Abul Hassan Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم about the ‘Al-Haram (Mosque) and why some of the signs marking its boundary are closer to each other, while others are farther away from each other. The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, ‘When the Honorable the Exalted God threw Adam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم out of Paradise and sent him down to Mount Abi Qobays, Adam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم complained to his Lord - the Honorable the Exalted - about being frightened and not hearing the sounds that he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم used to hear in Paradise. Then the Honorable the Exalted God sent down a red hyacinth which Adam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم placed at the site of the House (the Kaaba). Adam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم used to circumambulate around it and its light reached the limits of the ‘Al-Haram. The signs marking the limits of the ‘Al-Haram were thus marked based on the light from that hyacinth. Thus God established that area as the ‘Al-Haram Mosque.”The same account was narrated by Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abi Himam Isma’il ibn Himam, on the authority of Abil Hassan Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم.Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf quoted on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, “I asked Abul Hassan صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم about the ‘Al-Haram (Mosque) and its signs. He told me something similar to the above.”