Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: When to Walk on Foot for al-Hajj and When to Ride Transporting Animals ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َشْيِ الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َكَّةَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ إِذَا زُرْتُ الْبَيْتَ أَرْكَبُ أَوْ أَ٠ْشِي فَقَالَ كَانَ الْحَسَنُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَزُورُ رَاكِباً وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرُّكُوبُ أَفْضَلُ أَوِ الْ٠َشْيُ فَقَالَ الرُّكُوبُ قُلْتُ الرُّكُوبُ أَفْضَلُ ٠َشْيِ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ لأَنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) رَكِبَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It was from Makkah.’ I then asked, ‘If I visit the House, should I walk on foot or riding?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Al-Hassan (a.s.), would visit riding.’ I then asked, ‘Is riding more virtuous or walking on foot?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Riding is more virtuous than walking on foot because the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did so riding.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/110))