Jabra`ǐl Shows the Land on Which Ĥusain عليه السلام Will Be Killed to the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

1. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥusain ibn Sa’īd, from Naďr ibn Suwayd, from Yaḥyā Al-Ḥalabi, from Hārūn ibn Khārijah, from Abī Basīr, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: (One day) Jabra`īl came to the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم while Ḥusain عليه السلام was playing in front of him. Jabra`īl informed him that his nation would kill Ḥusain عليه السلام, so the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم became restless. Jabra`īl said, “Should I not show you the land on which he will be killed?” Then the land (between Karbalā and Madīnah) sunk within the ground and the place where the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was sitting (in Madīnah) and the land on which Ḥusain عليه السلام was killed became attached to one another. Then Jabra`īl took some of the dust (of Karbalā). Thereafter, the earth returned to the way it (originally) was in less than a blink of an eye. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم left while saying, “Bliss for you, O dust! And bliss for those who will be killed on you!” Imam عليه السلام continued: The companion of Sulaymān عليه السلام (Āsaf ibn Barkhiyā) also did the same thing. He mentioned the Great Name of Allāh and the earth between Sulaymān’s bed and the throne (of Bilqīs) sank within the ground. The earth and all of its flexible and inflexible parts sank within the ground, and Āsif lifted the throne (of Bilqīs) before the two pieces of land were attached. So Sulaymān عليه السلام said, “It looks like it (the throne of Bilqīs) came out from under my bed.” Imam عليه السلام added: Thereafter, the earth returned to the way it (originally) was in less than a blink of an eye.