Hadith 382

(The book) ‘Mashariq Al Anwaar’ – From Ali Bin Aasim the blind Al Kufy who said, ‘I entered to see Abu Muhammad Al-Askari-asws. He-asws said to me: ‘O Ali Bin Aasim! Look what is under your feet, for you are upon a carpet, a lot of Prophets-as and Messengers-as and the rightly Guided Imams-asws had sat upon it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘O my Master-asws! I will not wear slippers for as long as I am in the world, in honour to this carpet’. He-asws said: ‘O Ali! This slipper which is in your leg is an unclean slipper, accursed, not having acknowledged with our-asws Wilayah! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘I (being blind) said within myself, ‘I wish I could see this carpet’. He-asws knew what was in my conscience. He-asws said: ‘Come near me-asws’. He-asws wiped his-asws noble hand upon my face, and I became seeing’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I saw footprints in the carpet and images’. He-asws said: ‘This is a footprint of Adam-as and place of his-as sitting, and this is a trace of Habeel-as, and this is a trace of Shees-as, and this is a trace of Noah-as, and this is a trace of Qaydar-as, and this is a trace of Mahlaeel-as, and this is a trace of Yarah-as, and this is a trace of Khanouj-as, and this is a trace of Idrees-as. And this is a trace of Mutawashlikh, and this is a trace of Saam-as, and this is a trace of Arfakhsahd-as, and this is a trace of Hud-as, and this is a trace of Salih-as, and this is a trace of Luqman-as, and this is a trace of Ibrahim-as, and this is a trace of Lut-as, and this is a trace of Ismail-as, and this is a trace of Ilyas-as, and this is a trace of Is’haq-as, and this is a trace of Yaqoub-as. And this is a trace of Yusuf-as, and this is a trace of Shueyb-as, and this is a trace of Musa-as, and this is a trace of Yoshua-as Bin Noun-as, and this is a trace of Talout-as, and this is a trace of Dawood-as, and this is a trace of Suleyman-as, and this is a trace of Al-Khizr-as, and this is a trace of Dainel-as, and this is a trace of Al-Yas’a-as, and this is a trace of Zulqarnayn Al-Iskander-as. And this is a trace of Shabour-as Bin Ardasheyr-as, and this is a trace of Luway-as, and this is a trace of Kilab-as, and this is a trace of Qusay-as, and this is a trace of Adnan-as, and this is a trace of Abd Manaf-as, and this is a trace of Abdul Muttalib-as, and this is a trace of Abdullah-asws, and this is a trace of our Master-saww Rasool-Allah-saww, and this is a trace of Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and these are traces of the successors-asws from after him-asws up to Al-Mahdiajtf, because he-asws is treading it and sitting upon it’. Then he-asws said: ‘Look at the traces (impacts) and know that these are traces of the religion of Allah-azwj, and that the doubter regarding them-asws is like a doubter regarding Allah-azwj, and the one who rejects them-asws is like the one who rejects Allah-azwj’. Then he-asws said: ‘Close your eyes, O Ali! ’ I returned veiled (blind) just as I had been’’. [112]