Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

18ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْ٠َلِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَجَّ جَ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا فَلَ٠َدِينَةَ دَخَلُوا عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فَقَالُوا إِنَّ زُرَارَةَ أَ٠َرَنَا أَنْ نُهِلَّ بِالْحَجِّ إِذَا أَحْرَ٠ْنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ٠ِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَئِنْ لَ٠َا أَخْبَرْتَ زُرَارَةَ لَنَأْتِيَنَّ الْكُوفَةَ وَلَنُصْبِحَنَّ بِهِ كُذَّاباً فَقَالَ رُدَّهُ٠ْ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ زُرَارَةُ ثُ٠َا وَالله لا يَسْ٠َعُ هَذَا بَعْدَ هَذَا الْيَوْ٠18.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ’A‘yan who has said the following: “Once, a group of our people performed al-Hajj, and when they arrived in al-Madinah, went to visit abu Ja‘far (a.s.). They said that Zurarah has told them to commence their al-Hajj upon assuming the state of Ihram.

He (the Imam) said, ‘You must perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous).’ When they left I went to see him (the Imam) and said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, if you do not tell them what you have told to Zurarah, we will go to al- Kufah and will prove him a liar. He (the Imam) said, ‘Call them back.

They came back and he (the Imam) said, ‘What Zurarah has said is true.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘By Allah, from this day on no one will hear this from me.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/193))