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Hadith 1396
Hadith #
1396
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
6
Section
92
Part
The Book of Food
Chapter
The Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from fadalah from Rifa‘ah who has said the following
“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘When Allah, most Blessed, most High, granted good health to Ayyub (a.s.), he looked to the Israelites who had their plantations. He raised his eyes to the sky and said, ‘O Lord, my Master, this is Your slave Ayyub who was in suffering and You granted him good health but he does not have any plantation. These are people of banu Israel who have their plantations.’ Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, sent him revelation that said, ‘Take a handful from you rosary beads and use it as seed .’ His rosary beads had salt in it, Ayyub (a.s.), took a handful from it and used it as seed and what grew was this lintel. You call it chickpeas and we call it lintels.’”
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا عَافَى أَيُّوبَ ( عليه السلام ) نَظَرَ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ ازْدَرَعَتْ فَرَفَعَ طَرْفَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ قَالَ إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي عَبْدُكَ أَيُّوبُ الْمُبْتَلَى عَافَيْتَهُ وَ لَمْ يَزْدَرِعْ شَيْئاً وَ هَذَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ زَرْعٌفَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ يَا أَيُّوبُ خُذْ مِنْ سُبْحَتِكَ كَفّاً فَابْذُرْهُ وَ كَانَتْ سُبْحَتُهُ فِيهَا مِلْحٌ فَأَخَذَ أَيُّوبُ ( عليه السلام ) كَفّاً مِنْهَا فَبَذَرَهُ فَخَرَجَ هَذَا الْعَدَسُ وَ أَنْتُمْ تُسَمُّونَهُ الْحِمِّصَ وَ نَحْنُ نُسَمِّيهِ الْعَدَسَ .
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