Hadith 312

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Yunus Bin Zabyan who said, ‘I was in the presence of Al-Sadiq-asws with a group. I said, ‘The Words of Allah-azwj to Ibrahim-as: ‘“Then take four of the birds, so incline them towards you. [2: 260]. Were these four from different species or from one genus? ’ He-asws said: ‘Would you all like me-asws to show you similar to it? ’ We said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘O peacock! ’ And behold, a peacock flew to his-asws presence. Then he-asws said: ‘O crow! ’ And there, a crow (came to be) in front of him-asws. Then he-asws said: ‘O falcon! ’ And there, a falcon came to be in front of him-asws. Then he-asws said: ‘O dove! ’ And there was a dove in front of him-asws. Then he-asws instructed with slaughtering all of them, and cut into pieces, and pluck out their feathers, and mix all that with each other. Then he-asws took the head of the peacock, and we saw its flesh and its bones, and its feathers distinguish themselves from others until all of that became attached with its head, and the peacock stood in front of him-asws, alive. Then he-asws shouted at the crow like that, and the falcon and the dove like that. All of them stood up alive in front of him-asws’’. [148]