698 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِبَرَاثَا بَعْدَ رُجُوعِهِ مِنْ قِتَالِ اَلشُّرَاةِ وَ نَحْنُ زُهَاءُ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ فَنَزَلَ نَصْرَانِيٌّ مِنْ صَوْمَعَتِهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ عَمِيدُ هَذَا اَلْجَيْشِ فَقُلْنَا هَذَا فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْتَ نَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ «لاَ اَلنَّبِيُّ سَيِّدِي قَدْ مَاتَ» قَالَ فَأَنْتَ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ «اِجْلِسْ كَيْفَ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ هَذَا» قَالَ أَنَا بَنَيْتُ هَذِهِ اَلصَّوْمَعَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا اَلْمَوْضِعِ وَ هُوَ بَرَاثَا وَ قَرَأْتُ فِي اَلْكُتُبِ اَلْمُنْزَلَةِ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُصَلِّي فِي هَذَا اَلْمَوْضِعِ بِهَذَا اَلْجَمْعِ إِلاَّ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ وَ قَدْ جِئْتُ أُسْلِمُ فَأَسْلَمَ وَ خَرَجَ مَعَنَا إِلَى اَلْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «فَمَنْ صَلَّى هَاهُنَا» قَالَ صَلَّى عِيسَى اِبْنُ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أُمُّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «أَ فَأُخْبِرُكَ مَنْ صَلَّى هَاهُنَا» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ « اَلْخَلِيلُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ.
Hadith.698 - It was narrated from Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari that He said:
"Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib 
led us in prayer at Baratha after returning from the battle with the Khawarij, and we were about one hundred thousand men.
A Christian descended from his monastery and asked: "Who is the leader of this army?"
We said: "This man (referring to Imam Ali )."
He approached him, greeted him, and said: "O’ my master, are you a prophet?"
Imam Ali replied: "No, the Prophet, my master, has passed away."
The man asked: "Then you are the successor of a prophet?"
Imam Ali said: "Yes."
Imam Ali then asked him, "Sit down; why do you ask this?"
The man replied: "I built this monastery because of this place, which is Baratha, and I have read in the revealed books that no one will pray here with such a large gathering except for a prophet or the successor of a prophet. So, I have come to accept Islam."
He then embraced Islam and accompanied us to Kufa.
Imam Ali asked him, "Who else has prayed here?"
The man replied: "Jesus, the son of Mary , and his mother."
Ali said to him, "Shall I inform you of who else has prayed here?"
The man said: "Yes."
Imam Ali said: "Ibrahim ."
