Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Visiting the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Y our cause ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْ٠ُعَلَّى أَبِي شِهَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) لِرَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَا أَبَتَاهْ ٠َنْ زَارَكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَا بُنَيَّ ٠َنْ زَارَنِي حَيّاً أَوْ ٠َيِّتاً أَوْ زَارَ أَبَاكَ أَوْ زَارَ أَخَاكَ أَوْ زَارَكَ كَانَ حَقّاً عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَزُورَهُ يَوْ٠َةِ وَأُخَلِّصَهُ ٠4.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from al-Mu‘alla’ abu Shihab who has said the following: “He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said that al-Husayn (a.s.), once asked, ‘What, O grandfather, is the reward for one who visits you?’ The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, replied as follows: ‘My son, whoever visits me in my lifetime or after I die, or visits your father, your brother or visits you, it becomes necessary for me to visit him on the Day of Judgment to save him from his sins.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/257))