MIRACLE 8 – SERPANT IN MASJID KUFA

It is narrated in Al-Manaqib of Ibn Shahr Ashoob,

‘One day Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) was in the prayer niche of the central Masjid of Kufa, when a man stood up to perform ablution. He went towards the courtyard of the Kufa Mosque to perform ablution, and there was a serpent which met him in his path to devour him. He fled from it and came to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and narrated to him (a.s.) about the serpant.

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) got up until he (a.s.) stood at the door of Al-Saqeef wherein was the serpent. He (a.s.) grabbed his sword and left it at the door of Al-Saqeef and said: ‘If you only were a miracle like the staff of Musa’. The serpent came out and it was not except a moment until it came out holding a secret conversation with him (a.s.), then raised its head towards the Bedouin and said, ‘You think I am fourth of the fourth when you stood in front of me?’ He (a.s.) said: ‘It is correct’. Then He (a.s.) tapped upon its head and greeted’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 111, Trad 12 ↩