The Priority of Air, Water and Light in the Narrations of the Ahl ul-Bayt (AS)

The discussion of the first created thing in the being system is one of the discussions and issues considered by human beings. Therefore there have seen various and, sometimes contradictory, views in the scholars explanations in this regard. In the Ahl ul-Bayt (AS) narrations, the being of the early matter and basis ingredients named as “place”, “air” and “water” has been mentioned. Considering the approach and argument, the Shi’i scholars theorized one of them as the earliest in determination or in sequence. By analyzing and examining of the narrations on the basis of the rules of grasping the narrations (fiqh ul-hadith), this writing considered “air” as the first creature of God, however, not as one of the four basic elements, but as an infinite sphere and space that had come into being before every creature, even prior to the light beings.