The Complete Pilgrimage Guide · Hadith 458 (#Ḥadīth #8)

8 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ عَلَى حَمِيرٍ فَقَالَ لِي أَيْنَ يُرِيدُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ قُلْتُ قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ قَالَ فَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ زِيَارَةِ الْغَرِيبِ الشَّهِيدِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ زِيَارَتُهُ وَاجِبَةٌ فَقَالَ زِيَارَتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حِجَّةٍ وَ عُمْرَةٍ وَ عُمْرَةٍ وَ حِجَّةٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ عِشْرِينَ حِجَّةً وَ عِشْرِينَ عُمْرَةً مَبْرُورَاتٍ مُتَقَبَّلَاتٍ قَالَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا قُمْتُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ حَجَجْتُ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ حِجَّةً فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي تَمَامَ الْعِشْرِينَ قَالَ فَهَلْ زُرْتَ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) قَالَ لَا قَالَ لَزِيَارَتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ حِجَّةً

8. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Sāliḥ ibn ‘Uqbah, from Yazīd ibn ‘Abdil Malik, who said: I was with Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) when a group of people who were riding on donkeys passed by. Imam asked me, “Where are they going?” I replied, “To the graves of the martyrs (of Uḥud).” Imam asked, “What prevents them from going to the Ziyārah of the lonely (abandoned) Martyr?” One of the people who was from Iraq asked, “Is going to his Ziyārah obligatory?” Imam replied, “His Ziyārah is better than performing Hajj and ‘Umrah, and another Hajj and ‘Umrah, and another Hajj and ‘Umrah, and…” Yazīd ibn ‘Abdil Malik added: Imam mentioned twenty purified and accepted Hajj and ‘Umrah. And I swear to Allāh that I did not leave until a man came to the Imam and said, “I have gone to Hajj nineteen times. Please pray for me so that Allāh sustains me with the twentieth time.” Imam asked, “Have you ever gone to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain ?” The man replied, “No.” Imam said, “Verily going to his Ziyārah is better than twenty Hajj.”

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