The Sufficient (Vol 4) · Hadith 2171 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ زِيَارَةُ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَفْضَلُ أَمْ زِيَارَةُ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقَالَ زِيَارَةُ أَبِي أَفْضَلُ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَزُورُهُ كُلُّ النَّاسِ وَأَبِي لا يَزُورُهُ إِلاَّ الْخَوَاصُّ مِنَ الشِّيعَةِ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Mahziyar who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far , saying, ’I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, Is visiting al-Rida , more virtuous or that of abu ‘ Abd Allah, al-Husayn , more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Visiting my father is more virtuous; all people visit abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn , but only very special people of our followers visit my father.”’

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