Hadith 12

Al Kafi – The number, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim from Hanan Bin Al Sarraj, from Dawood Bin Suleyman Al Kisai, from Abu al Tufayl who said, ‘I attended the funeral of Abu Bakr on the day he died, and I attended when Umar was pledged allegiance to, and Ali-asws was seated in a corner. There came a young Jewish boy of beautiful face, gorgeous, having beautiful clothes upon him, and he was from the children of Haroun-as, until he stood by the head of Umar. He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Are you the most knowledgeable of this community with their Book and the matter of their Prophet-saww? He (the narrator) said, ‘Umar lowered his head. He said, ‘Beware of me’ – and repeated the words to him. Umar said to me, ‘Why is that so? ’ He said, ‘I have come to you reneging for myself, doubting in my religion’. He said, ‘Besides you is this youth’. He said, ‘And who is that youth? ’ He said, ‘This is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, son-asws of an uncle-asws of Rasool-Allah-azwj, and this is father-asws of Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, two (grand) sons-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, and this is the husband of (Syeda) Fatima-asws, daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww’. The Jew came to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws and said, ‘Are you-asws like that? ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I want to ask you-asws about three, and three and one (questions). He (the narrator) said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws smiled from without a smile (wry smile). He-asws said: ‘O Harouny (from the children of Haroun-as)! What prevented you from saying ‘seven’? ’ He said, ‘I shall ask you about three (issues). If you-asws were to answer me-asws, I will ask you after these, and if you-asws do not know, I will know that there isn’t knowledge with you-asws’. Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws ask you by the God whom you worship, if I-asws were to answer you regarding all what you want, you will leave your religion and enter into my-asws Religion? ’ He said, ‘I did not come except for that’. He-asws said: ‘Then, ask’. He said, ‘Inform me about the first drop of blood to fall upon the surface o