Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َاعِيلَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ نَكُونُ بِ٠َكَّةَ أَوْ بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ أَوِ الْحِيرَةِ أَوِ الْ٠َوَاضِعِ الَّتِي يُرْجَى فِيهَا الْفَضْلُ فَرُبَّ٠َا خَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيَجِي‏ءُ آخَرُ فَيَصِيرُ ٠َنْ سَبَقَ إِلَى ٠َوْضِعٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ يَوْ٠َهُ وَلَيْلَتَهُ.

If one goes out for Wudu’, can, in such case, another person come and occupy his place?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If one finds a place he is more deserving of it for a day and night than others.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/254))