And there is no day of Nowruz but that We expect in it joy and happiness, because it is one of Our days; the Persians preserved it, while you wasted it.

And it is the day on which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revived the people who went out of their homes for fear of death, and they were thousands from the Children of Israel. That is because Allah the Almighty commanded Hizqil (Ezekiel) son of the Old Woman, the Prophet, may His Might be exalted, to pour water upon them in their resting places. So they came to life, and they were thirty thousand.

Thus, the pouring of water on the day of Nowruz became a current custom, past and future, the cause of which is known only to Allah and those firmly rooted in knowledge (Al-Rasikhun fi al-'Ilm)."

And it was narrated from Abu Abdallah Al-Husayn ibn Hamdan Al-Khasibi, may Allah brighten his face, that he said with a chain of his, tracing it up to the Masters (Mawali), may Their Might be exalted: