Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh رحمه الله narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father Ibrahim b. Hashim. He said: Abu’l Salt `Abd al-Salam b. Salih narrated to me. He said: Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Firyabi narrated to me from Sufyan from al-Awza`i from Yahya b. Abi Kathir from Habib b. al-Jahm. He said: When `Ali b. Abi Talib عليه السلام went with us to the land of Siffin, he disembarked in a village called Sanduda’. Then, he ordered us to come to it. Then, he disembarked with us at night in a barren land. So, Malik b. al-Harith al-Ashtar went to him and said: O Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام! Why would you cause the people to disembark in a place that does not have water?! So, he said: O Malik! Surely, Allah will feed us water that is purer than honey, softer than butter, colder than snow, and clearer than ruby. So, we became astonished; and there is nothing more astonishing than the words of Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام. Then, he began to drag his cloak, with his sword in his hand, until he stood on the barren land. He said: O Malik – you and your companions, dig. So, Malik said: We dug until we found a great black rock with a ring that shone like silver. So, he said to us: Throw it. So, we tried to throw it – and we had one hundred men gathered – but we could not move it from its place. So, Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام came forward with his hands raised to the sky, supplicating and saying: … amen, amen O Lord of the Worlds, Lord of Musa and Harun. Then, he took it and hurled it forty armlengths away from a river. Malik b. al-Harith al-Ashtar said: Then, water that was purer than honey, softer than butter, colder than snow, and clearer than ruby appeared to us. We drank from it and fed from it. Then, he returned the rock, and ordered us to throw dust atop it. Then, we continued when, not far away, he said: Which of you know the location of the river? So, we said: All of us, O Amir al-Mu’minin. So, we returned, and we looked for the river, but it had been extremely hidden from us. So, we thought that Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام was overburdened with thirst, so we went out and found the hermitage of a monk. We approached it until we found a monk whose eyebrows covered his eyes from old age. So, we said: O monk! Do you have water that we could feed our master with? He said: I have water that I purified two days ago. So, he brought us water that was bitter and rough. We said: Is this what you purified two days ago?! How would you be if you had drunk from the water that our master had given us? So, we told him about the matter, and he said: Is this master of yours a prophet? We said: No, but he is the deputy of a prophet. So, he came down to us after his absence and said: Take me to your master. So, we took him, and when Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام saw him, he said: Sham`un? The monk said: Yes, Sham`un, this is the name that my mother gave me. No one knows this except Allah, and now you, so how did you find out? He said: What do you want, Sham`un? He said: This river and its name. He said: This river is Rahuma, and it is from Paradise. Three hundred and thirteen deputies have drunk from it, and I am the last deputy to drink from it. So, the monk said: This is what I found in all the books of the Gospel, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that you are the deputy of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. Then, the monk went with Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام until he reached Siffin. The monk was among the first to be martyred. So, Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام went down with his eyes saddened, saying: A person will be with whom he loves. The monk will be with us on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be my friend in Paradise.