Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: When to Walk on Foot for al-Hajj and When to Ride Transporting Animals 2ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَيْفٍ التَّ٠َّارِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله إِنَّا كُنَّا نَحُجُّ ٠ُشَاةً فَبَلَغَنَا عَنْكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَ٠َا تَرَى قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَيَحُجُّونَ ٠ُشَاةً وَيَرْكَبُونَ قُلْتُ لَيْسَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ فَعَنْ أَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ سَأَلْتَ قُلْتُ أَيُّهُ٠َا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ نَصْنَعَ قَالَ تَرْكَبُونَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَقْوَى لَكُ٠ْ عَلَى الدُّعَاءِ وَالْعِبَادَةِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘People perform al-Hajj both on foot and riding.’ I then said that that is not my question.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘What was your question?’ I asked, ‘Which way is more desirable to you?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I like that you travel riding because it preserves your strength for supplications and worship.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/109))