The Exceptional Narrations — Hadith 2

2. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari narrated to me from his father, from ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, from Muḥammad ibn Khālid, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Ḥammād Al-Basri, from ‘Abdillāh (ibn ‘Abdil Raḥmān) Al-Asam, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Bukayr Al-Arjāni, who said: I accompanied Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a. s. )) from Madīnah to Makkah. On our journey, we stopped in an area called ‘Usfān and then we passed by a black, frightening mountain which was to the left of the road. I said to him, “O son of the Messenger of Allāh! How frightening this mountain is! I have never seen anything like this on our route. ” Imam (a. s. ) asked, “O son of Bukayr! Do you know which mountain this is? ” I replied, “No. ” Imam (a. s. ) said: This is a mountain called Kamad and it overlooks one of the valleys in Hell which contains the killers of my father, Ḥusain (a. s. ). The liquids of Hell flow under the killers of my father (in this valley). These liquids include Ghislīn, Sadīd, Ḥamīm, that which emerges from the Putrid Well, that which comes out from the sins in Falaq, that which comes out from the clay of Khabāl (pus), that which comes out from Jahannam, that which comes out from the blazing fires, that which comes out from Ḥuťamah, that which comes out from Saqar, that which comes out from Ḥamīm, that which comes out from Hāwiyah, and that which comes out from Sa’īr. Every time I pass by this mountain on my journey, I stop and see those Two seeking refuge with me and I look at the killers of my father (a. s. ), and I say to the two of them: Verily you established the foundations for that which they (the killers of Ḥusain (a. s. )) did. You showed us no mercy at the time of your ruling. You killed us, denied and usurped our rights, and you tyrannized over our affairs by deposing us. May Allāh not have mercy on those who have mercy on the two of you. (Now) taste the evil results of that which you brought forth because Allāh is not unjust to (any of His) slaves. Sometimes I climb the mountain of Kamad which is where those two are located, and I stand there to soothe some of that which is in my heart, and the second one begs and succumbs to despair more intensely. I asked, “May I sacrifice myself for you! What do you hear when you climb this mountain? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied: I hear the voices of those two. They call out, “Come toward us so that we can talk to you, verily we repent. ” And (then) I hear a call from the mountains which cries out, “Answer them and tell them, ‘Remain condemned in it, and speak not to me’ (23: 108). ” I asked, “May I sacrifice myself for you! Who else is with them? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “Every tyrant pharaoh whose actions Allāh has mentioned (in the Qur’an) and everyone who taught disbelief to the slaves of Allāh. ” I asked, “Who are they? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied: The likes of Bulis who taught the Jews that “…the hand of Allāh is tied up! ” (5: 64); the likes of Nasťūr who taught the Christians that ‘Ǐsā “…Al-Masīḥ is the son of Allāh” (9: 30) and told them that they are three; the likes of Fir’awn (at the time) of Mūsā who said, “I am your lord, the most high” (79: 24); and the likes of Numrūd who said, “I have overpowered everyone on earth and I have killed those in the heaven