The Sufficient (Vol 4) · Hadith 2156 (#Ḥadīth #3)

3ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ مَنِيعِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي وَهْبٍ الْقَصْرِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَتَيْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَزُرْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتَ لَوْ لا أَنَّكَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا مَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْكَ أَ لا تَزُورُ مَنْ يَزُورُهُ الله مَعَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَيَزُورُهُ الأَنْبِيَاءُ وَيَزُورُهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ الله مِنَ الأَئِمَّةِ كُلِّهِمْ وَلَهُ ثَوَابُ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَعَلَى قَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ فُضِّلُوا.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Hamdan ibn Sulayman from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Yemaniy from Mani‘ ibn al- Hajjaj from Yunus ibn Wahab al-Qasriy who has said the following: “I once entered al-Madinah, visited abu ‘Abd Allah , and said to him, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, I have come to you but I have not visited ’Amir al- Mu’minin.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You have done a bad thing. Were you not one of our followers, I would not have looked at you. Why should you not visit one whom Allah along with the angels visit, the prophets and believers visit?’ I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, I did not know that.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must take notice that ’Amir al-Mu’minin is more excellent before Allah than all of ’A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam. For him is the reward for their deeds and the degree of excellence is according to the measure of their deeds.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).