The Sufficient (Vol 4) · Hadith 1711 (#Ḥadīth #5)

5ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنْ مَشْيِ الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مِنْ مَكَّةَ أَوْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ إِذَا زُرْتُ الْبَيْتَ أَرْكَبُ أَوْ أَمْشِي فَقَالَ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَزُورُ رَاكِباً وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرُّكُوبُ أَفْضَلُ أَوِ الْمَشْيُ فَقَالَ الرُّكُوبُ قُلْتُ الرُّكُوبُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْمَشْيِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ لأَنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) رَكِبَ.

5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from Rifa‘ah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about the case of al-Hassan , and his walking on foot; if it was from Makkah or al-Madinah. He (the Imam) said, ‘It was from Makkah.’ I then asked, ‘If I visit the House, should I walk on foot or riding?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Al-Hassan , would visit riding.’ I then asked, ‘Is riding more virtuous or walking on foot?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Riding is more virtuous than walking on foot because the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did so riding.’”

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