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Sources differ on the history of the place, and particularly, its water wells and when they were dug. According to some sources, the water wells were already there before [[the Prophet (s)]]'s [[Hijra]] (or immigration) to [[Medina]], and on his command, [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] fought tribes of [[Jinn]]s near these wells and defeated them. [[Sunni]] sources cited this event and took it to be opinions of laypeople, emphasizing its falsity. Contemporary [[Shi'a|Shiite]] scholars raised objections to the contents and chains of narrations of this story. | Sources differ on the history of the place, and particularly, its water wells and when they were dug. According to some sources, the water wells were already there before [[the Prophet (s)]]'s [[Hijra]] (or immigration) to [[Medina]], and on his command, [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] fought tribes of [[Jinn]]s near these wells and defeated them. [[Sunni]] sources cited this event and took it to be opinions of laypeople, emphasizing its falsity. Contemporary [[Shi'a|Shiite]] scholars raised objections to the contents and chains of narrations of this story. | ||
Others believe that these wells did not exist before that, and they were dug by [[Imam Ali (a)]] himself. On this view, Imam Ali (a) dug these water wells during the periods when the first three [[ | Others believe that these wells did not exist before that, and they were dug by [[Imam Ali (a)]] himself. On this view, Imam Ali (a) dug these water wells during the periods when the first three [[Caliphate|caliph]]s were reigning; he endowed these wells to pilgrims of [[hajj]]. | ||
==The attribution of the wells to Imam 'Ali (a)== | ==The attribution of the wells to Imam 'Ali (a)== | ||