The Complete Pilgrimage Guide · Hadith 608 (#Ḥadīth #12)
Chapter 88 | The Merits of Karbalā and the Ziyārah of Ĥusain
12 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ره عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ خَرَجَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) يَسِيرُ بِالنَّاسِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ كَرْبَلَاءَ عَلَى مَسِيرَةِ مِيلٍ أَوْ مِيلَيْنِ- تَقَدَّمَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ حَتَّى صَارَ بِمَصَارِعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ قُبِضَ فِيهَا مِائَتَا نَبِيٍّ وَ مِائَتَا وَصِيٍّ وَ مِائَتَا سِبْطٍ كُلُّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ بِأَتْبَاعِهِمْ فَطَافَ بِهَا عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ خَارِجاً رِجْلُهُ مِنَ الرِّكَابِ فَأَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ مُنَاخُ رِكَابٍ وَ مَصَارِعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ لَا يَسْبِقُهُمْ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُمْ وَ لَا يَلْحَقُهُمْ مَنْ أَتَى بَعْدَهُمْ
12. My father and all of my scholars narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā Al-‘Aťťār, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Muḥammad ibn Sinān, from ‘Amr ibn Thābit, from his father, who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir ) said: Allāh, the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. Therefore, it was blessed and sanctified before the creation of any created being and it will remain this way. And Allāh will make it the best land in Paradise.
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).