Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي حَجَّ فِيهَا وَذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَ٠ِائَتَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ بِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ دَخَلْتَ ٠َتِّعاً فَقَالَ ٠َتِّعاً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيُّ٠ْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ أَوْ ٠َنْ أَفْرَدَ وَسَاقَ الْهَدْيَ فَقَالَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ ٠ُفْرِدِ السَّائِقِ للهدْيِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ يَدْخُلُ الْحَاجُّ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَفْضَلَ ٠11.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), in the year in which he performed al-Hajj which was the year two hundred and twelve and I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, in which manner of al-Hajj have you entered Makkah, is it Mufrid or al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘.’ I then asked, ‘Which one of the kinds of al-Hajj is better?

Is it al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) or Mufrid driving the offering animal along with one’s self?

He (the Imam) said, ‘Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), would say, “A-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) is better than Mufrid with driving the offering animal.” He (the Imam) would say, “One performing al-Hajj cannot enter Makkah with anything better than al-Hajj al- Tamattu‘ (advantageous).””’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/190))