2. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, (from Ibn Faďďāl), from Abī Jamīlah (Mufaďďal ibn Sāliḥ Al-Usdi), from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: If the water of the Euphrates River is used to open the mouth of a (newborn baby) and is his first drink, he will be among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.

3. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Isā, from Abil Jārūd (Ziyād ibn Mundhir Al-Hamdāni), who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir ) said: If the distance between us and the Euphrates (River) was this much – and he mentioned a distance – we would go to it to seek cure with its water.

4. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl, from Tha’labah ibn Maymūn, from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn Al-‘Ijli, who said: I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) say, “I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.” Then he (the Imam ) asked me, “What is the distance between you and the Euphrates River?” I answered the Imam and then he said, “If I was next to it, I would love to go to it at the two ends of every day.”

5. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Sulaymān ibn Nahīk, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) explained the verse, “And we gave them both refuge on a mound, where there was rest and security, watered by a spring” (23:50). He (the Imam ) said, “Mound’ refers to Najaf of Kūfah and ‘spring’ refers to the Euphrates (River).”

6. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan (ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl), from ‘Isā ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers ), said: The Euphrates (River) is the master of the waters in this life and in the Hereafter.

7. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh narrated to me from his father ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari, from Aḥmad ibn Abī ‘Abdillāh, from his father, from someone who narrated to him, from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from his father, from Hakīm ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād ) said: Every night an angel comes down and drops three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise in the Euphrates River. There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River) anywhere in the east or the west.

8. (My brother) ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Qūlawayh narrated to me from Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ibn Faďďāl, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥusain ibn ‘Uthmān, from someone whose name he mentioned, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: Every day some drops (of water) fall from Paradise into the Euphrates (River).

9. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Rabī’ ibn Muḥammad Al-Musli, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Sulaymān, who said: When Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) came to Kūfah during the time of Abil ‘Abbās, he was on his mount and was wearing his traveling attire. He stopped on the bridge of Kūfah and asked his servant to give him some water. So the servant took a jug and filled it (from the Euphrates River) and gave it to the Imam . The Imam started drinking, and (as he was drinking) the water spilled from the two corners of his mouth onto his beard and onto his clothes. Then the Imam asked for some more water. The servant refilled the jug and gave it to the Imam . After the Imam drank the water, he praised Allāh and said: What a blessed river this river is! Verily every day seven drops of water fall from Paradise into it. If people knew of the blessings of this river, they would build their tents on its shores. Verily if it was not for that which enters this river from the sinners, no ill person would submerge himself in it without being cured.

10. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from ‘Arafah, from Rib’ī, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: “The shores in the right side of the valley” (28:30), which Allāh has mentioned in His Book, is the Euphrates (River); “the blessed spot” (28:30) is Karbalā and “the tree” (28:30) is Muḥammad ﷺ.

11. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥusain ibn ‘Uthmān, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among our Shia. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from someone whose name he mentioned, from Abī ‘Abdillāh .

12. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan (ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd) narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from ‘Abbās ibn Ma’rūf, from ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from Ḥakīm ibn Jubayr Al-Asadi, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād ) said: Every night, Allāh sends down an angel who has three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise with him and he drops them in the Euphrates River (which is close to you). There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River) anywhere in the earth, from the east to the west.

13. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā ibn Bābawayh narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ibn Faďďāl, from Tha’labah ibn Maymūn, from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with the water of the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.

14. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari narrated to me from his father, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Al-Barqi, from ‘Abdil Raḥmān ibn Ḥammād Al-Kūfi, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad Al-Ḥajjāl, from Ghālib ibn ‘Uthmān, from ‘Uqbah ibn Khālid, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) mentioned the Euphrates (River) and said: Verily it (the Euphrates River) is from among the Shia of ‘Ali . No one’s mouth is opened with it without him loving us, the Ahlul Bayt.

15. My father narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mattīl, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Jāmūrāni Al-Rāzi, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Sayf ibn ‘Amīrah, from Sandal, from Hārūn ibn Khārijah, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: If the water of the Euphrates (River) is the first thing that is given to a newborn baby and if the baby drinks it, he will be among those who love us because the Euphrates River is a believer.

16. My father narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mattīl, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Jāmūrāni Al-Rāzi, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from his father, from Abī Basīr, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said: There are two believing rivers and two disbelieving rivers. The two disbelieving rivers are the Balkh River and the Tigris River, and the two believing rivers are the Nile River and the Euphrates River. Therefore, open the mouth of your children with water from the Euphrates (River).