Caliph Appointed by Allah-azwj
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ {30}
And when your Lord said to the Angels: I am going to Make a ‘خَلِيفَةً ۖ ’ Caliph in the earth. They said: Are You going to Make in it one who will make mischief therein and shed the blood, and we Glorify with Your Praise and we extol Your Holiness? He said: I Know what you do not know [2:30]
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبَّادٍ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ بَيْنَا أَبِي ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَنَا فِي الطَّوَافِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ شَرْجَبٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا الشَّرْجَبُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ الطَّوِيلُ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أَدْخَلَ رَأْسَهُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَبِي
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Abbad Imran Bin Atiyya,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Whilst my-asws father-asws and I-asws were in the circumambulation we-asws came across a ‘Sharjab’ from the men. So I-asws said: ‘And what is the ‘Sharjab’, may Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well?’ He-asws said: ‘The (unusually) tall’. So, he said, ‘The greetings be unto you-asws!’, and he inserted his head in between me-asws and my-asws father-asws’.
قَالَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ أَبِي وَ أَنَا فَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَسْأَلُكَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي نَقْضِي طَوَافَنَا ثُمَّ تَسْأَلُنِي فَلَمَّا قَضَى أَبِيَ الطَّوَافَ دَخَلْنَا الْحِجْرَ فَصَلَّيْنَا الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ الرَّجُلُ يَا بُنَيَّ فَإِذَا هُوَ وَرَاءَهُ قَدْ صَلَّى فَقَالَ مِمَّنِ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ وَ مِنْ أَيِّ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ يَسْكُنُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ قَرَأْتَ الْكِتَابَيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ
He-asws said: ‘So my-asws father-asws and I-asws turned towards him, and we-asws returned the greeting. Then he said, ‘I would like to ask you-asws (a question), may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you-asws’. So my-asws father-asws said to him: ‘We-asws shall complete our-asws circumambulation, then you can ask me-asws’. So when my-asws father-asws completed the circumambulation, we-asws went over to the (Black) Stone, and we-asws Prayed two Cycles. Then he-asws turned, so he-asws said: ‘Where is the man, O my-asws son-asws?’ So there he was, behind him-asws, having had Prayed. So he-asws said: ‘From whom is the man?’ He said, ‘From the people of Syria’. So he-asws said: ‘And from which people of Syria?’ He said, ‘From the dwellers of Bayt Al-Maqdis’. He-asws said: ‘You recite the two Books?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Ask about whatever comes to you’.
فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ بَدْءِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ وَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ن وَ الْقَلَمِ وَ ما يَسْطُرُونَ وَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ وَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌ لِلسَّائِلِ وَ الْمَحْرُومِ فَقَالَ يَا أَخَا أَهْلِ الشَّامِ اسْمَعْ حَدِيثَنَا وَ لَا تَكْذِبْ عَلَيْنَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيْنَا فِي شَيْءٍ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَدْ كَذَبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَذَّبَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ
So he said, ‘I ask you-asws about the commencement of this House and about His-azwj Words Noon, and I swear by the Pen and what he will be writing [68:1], and about His-azwj Words And those in whose wealth there is a known right [70:24] For him who asks and for him who is denied [70:25]’. So, he-asws said: ‘O brother of the people of Syria. Hear our Hadeeth and do not belie against us, for the one who belies upon us-asws with regards to anything, so he has belied upon Rasool-Allah-saww, and the one who belies upon Rasool-Allah-saww, so he has belied upon Allah-azwj, and the one who belies upon Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic would Punish him.
أَمَّا بَدْءُ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَالَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً فَرَدَّتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَتْ أَ تَجْعَلُ فِيها مَنْ يُفْسِدُ فِيها وَ يَسْفِكُ الدِّماءَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا فَرَأَتْ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ فَلَاذَتْ بِعَرْشِهِ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ مَلَكاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُ بَيْتاً فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ يُسَمَّى الضُّرَاحَ بِإِزَاءِ عَرْشِهِ فَصَيَّرَهُ لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ يَطُوفُ بِهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ لَا يَعُودُونَ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
As for the commencement of this House, so Allah-azwj Blessed and High Said to the Angels And when your Lord said to the Angels, I am going to Make a Caliph in the earth, so the Angels responded to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and they said: Are You going to Make in it one (who) shall make mischief therein and shed the blood [2:30]? So, He-azwj Turned away from it. Thus, they saw that to be from His-azwj Anger, so they sought Refuge by His-azwj Throne. Allah-azwj Commanded an Angel from His-azwj Angels that he should make a House for Him-azwj in the sixth sky, called Al-Zurrah facing His-azwj Throne. So, He-azwj Rendered it for the inhabitants of the sky. Seventy thousand Angels circumambulate by it every day, not returning (again), and seeking Forgiveness.
فَلَمَّا أَنْ هَبَطَ آدَمُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا أَمَرَهُ بِمَرَمَّةِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ وَ هُوَ بِإِزَاءِ ذَلِكَ فَصَيَّرَهُ لآِدَمَ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ كَمَا صَيَّرَ ذَلِكَ لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
When Adam-as descended to the sky of the world, He-azwj Commanded him-as with the restoration of this House, and it is parallel to that. He-azwj Rendered it for Adam-as and his-as offspring, just as that was Rendered to the inhabitants of the sky’. He said, ‘You-asws speak the truth, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww.[1]
[1] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 2 H 1