مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ:
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قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سَمَّاهُ اللَّهُ الْعَتِيقَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ بَيْتٍ وَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا لَهُ رَبٌّ وَ سُكَّانٌ يَسْكُنُونَهُ غَيْرَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا رَبَّ لَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ هُوَ الْحُرُّ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَهُ قَبْلَ الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَدَحَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهِ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Marwan from a number of our people from abu Hamzah al-Thumaliy who has said the following: “I once in the sacred Masjid asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘For what reason has Allah named it al-‘Atiq (freed)?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Every house that Allah has established on earth has a master and inhabitants who live there, except this House which has no master except Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious. This is free.’ He then said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, created it before the earth, then He created the earth and extended it from underneath the House.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- مجهولAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/11)
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[2]هذا وجه آخر لتسميته بالعتيق إذا العتيق يقال للقديم.( فى)ص 189