Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Endeavor to help a Believer َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠َرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َشْيُ الرَّجُلِ فِي حَاجَةِ أَخِيهِ الْ٠ِنِ يُكْتَبُ لَهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَيُ٠ْحَى عَنْهُ عَشْرُ سَيِّئَاتٍ وَيُرْفَعُ لَهُ عَشْرُ دَرَجَاتٍ قَالَ وَلا أَعْلَ٠ُهُ إِلا قَالَ وَيَعْدِلُ عَشْرَ رِقَابٍ وَأَفْضَلُ ٠ِنِ اعْتِكَافِ شَهْرٍ فِي الْ٠َسْجِدِ الْحَرَا٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Muhammad ibn Marwan from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘For a believer’s walking to help a believing brother (in belief) ten good deeds are written for him, ten of his sins are deleted and he is raised ten degrees in meritorious status.’ The narrator has said, ‘I do not know what else the Imam said, but (I do know) he (the Imam) said, ‘It is equal to setting ten slaves free and performing ‘I’tikaf (a certain form of worship) in the Sacred Mosque.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/111))