الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 3, page 493

5. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Asbat who has said that someone other than the narrator of the above Hadith narrated to me the following: “He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘Every night sixty thousand angels descend down to the seventh pillar to perform Salah (prayer), of which no one up to the Day of Judgment returns again.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Isma’il and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sufyan al- Simt who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When you enter the Masjid through the second door on the right of the Masjid, count five pillars, two in shadow and three in the open compound, near the third is the station of Ibrahim, Allah has granted him peace. It is the fifth from the wall.’ He (narrator) has said, ‘During the rule of abu al-‘Abbas, abu ‘Abd Allah, entered through al-fil door, bore to the left on entering the door and performed Salah (prayer) near the fourth pillar which is opposite to the fifth pillar.’ I then asked, ‘Is this the pillar of Ibrahim?’ He replied, ‘Yes, it is.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

7. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl from ibn Asbat in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the seventh pillar counting from Kindah doors in the compound is the station of Ibrahim and the fifth is the station of Jibril (Gabriel), Allah has granted him peace.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Isma’il ibn Bazi‘a from Abu Isma’il al- Sarraj who has said the following: “Mu‘awiyah ibn Wahab, holding my hand, said to me, ‘Abu Hamzah holding my hand said to me, “Asbagh ibn Nubatah holding my hand showed me the seventh pillar and said, ‘This is the station of ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) He (the narrator) has said, ‘Al-Hasan ibn Ali (a.s.), would perform Salah (prayer) near the fifth pillar. When ’Amir al-Mu’minin passed away, al-Hasan (a.s.), performed Salah (prayer) at that place and it is from the side of Kindah door.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

9. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Salih al-Sindiy from Ja‘far ibn Bashir from abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Hadhdha’ from abu ‘Usamah from abu ‘Ubaydah who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘The Masjid of Kufah is a garden of the gardens of paradise. One thousand seventy prophets performed Salah (prayer) in it. Its right side houses blessing and its left side lodges wickedness. In it are the staff of Moses, the squash plant (mentioned in the holy Quran) and the ring of Sulayman (Solomon). The oven of Noah from which water gushed forth was there and the Ark was carved there from. It is the center of Babylon and the gathering place of prophets.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.