Chapter on Virtues of Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 2
قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ: «لَمَّا أَرَادَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ اَلْأَرْضَ أَمَرَ اَلرِّيَاحَ اَلْأَرْبَعَ فَضَرَبْنَ مَتْنَ اَلْمَاءِ حَتَّى صَارَ مَوْجاً ثُمَّ أَزْبَدَ فَصَارَ زَبَداً وَاحِداً فَجَمَعَهُ فِي مَوْضِعِ اَلْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُ جَبَلاً مِنْ زَبَدٍ ثُمَّ دَحَا اَلْأَرْضَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: « إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنّٰاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبٰارَكاً » فَأَوَّلُ بُقْعَةٍ خُلِقَتْ مِنَ اَلْأَرْضِ اَلْكَعْبَةُ ثُمَّ مُدَّتِ اَلْأَرْضُ مِنْهَا».
Abu Ja'far, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, said: "When Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, intended to create the earth, He commanded the four winds, and they struck the surface of the water until it became waves. Then it produced foam, which formed into a single mass of foam. He gathered it at the location of the House (Kaaba), then made it into a mountain of foam. From beneath it, He spread out the earth, and this is the meaning of Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى words: 'Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), blessed.' (Surah Aal-e-Imran 3:96) The first part of the earth to be created was the Kaaba, and from it, the earth was stretched out."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh