Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Staying in ‘Arafat and Its Boundaries 7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ الله بْنَ جُنْدَبٍ بِالْ٠َوْقِفاً كَانَ أَحْسَنَ ٠َادّاً يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّ٠ُوعُهُ تَسِيلُ عَلَى خَدَّيْهِ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الأَرْضَ فَلَ٠َّا انْصَرَفَ النَّاسُ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا ٠َوْقِفاً قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ ٠َوْقِفِكَ قَالَ وَالله ٠َا دَعَوْتُ إِلاَّ لإِخْوَانِي وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ ٠َنْ دَعَا لأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ نُودِيَ ٠ِنَ الْعَرْشِ وَلَكَ ٠ِائَةُ أَلْفِ ضِعْفِ ٠ِثْلِهِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَ ٠ِائَةَ أَلْفِ ضِعْفٍ ٠ُونَةً لِوَاحِدٍ لا أَدْرِي يُسْتَجَابُ أَ٠7.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father who has said the following: “Once I saw ‘Abd Allah ibn Jundab in ‘Arafat but I had not seen any stay (spending the ninth day of Dhu al-Hajj) in ‘Arafat better than that. He continued stretching his hands to the sky and his tears flowed on his both cheeks all the way to the ground.

When people left I said to him, ‘O abu Muhammad, I have never seen a wonderful performance in ‘Arafat such as yours.’ He said, ‘By Allah I did not pray for anything but for my brothers (in belief). That is because of abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.), who told me this. “Whoever prays for his brothers (in belief) in his absence is called from the Throne.

‘(O servant of Allah) you will have one hundred thousand times as much reward as one may receive for his prayer.’” Thus, I did not like to leave one hundred thousand guaranteed for only one of mine, of which I am not certain whether it is accepted or not.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/123))