Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ التَّوَاصُلُ بَيْنَ الإخْوَانِ فِي الْحَضَرِ التَّزَاوُرُ وَفِي السَّفَرِ التَّكَاتُبُ. 1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Sahl ibn Ziyad all from ibn Mahbub from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “To maintain contact with friends in the town is by visiting, on a journey and out of town by correspondence.” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/577))