Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Staying in ‘Arafat and Its Boundaries ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ قَالَ كَانَ عِيسَى بْنُ أَعْيَنَ إِذَا حَجَّ فَصَارَ إِلَى الْ٠َوْقِفِ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الدُّعَاءِ لإِخْوَانِهِ حَتَّى يُفِيضَ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تُنْفِقُ ٠َالَكَ وَتُتْعِبُ بَدَنَكَ حَتَّى إِذَا صِرْتَ إِلَى الْ٠َوْضِعِ الَّذِي تُبَثُّ فِيهِ الْحَوَائِجُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَقْبَلْتَ عَلَى الدُّعَاءِ لإِخْوَانِكَ وَتَرَكْتَ نَفْسَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي عَلَى ثِقَةٍ ٠ِنْ دَعْوَةِ الْ٠َلَكِ لِي وَفِي شَكٍّ ٠ِنَ الدُّعَاءِ لِنَفْسِي.

I (the narrator) asked him, ‘You spend your money, make yourself tired and when you reach the place where wishes are presented before Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, you then begin to pray for your brothers (in belief).

Why do you ignore yourself?’ He replied, ‘I am certain that the prayers of angels are accepted but I have doubts about the acceptability of my prayer for myself.”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/123))