Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Entering al-Madinah, Visiting the Holy Prophet and Prayer Near His Grave ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َدِينَةِ فَسَلِّ٠ُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠ِنْ قَرِيبٍ وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الصَّلاةُ تَبْلُغُهُ ٠5.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said to them (Hammad and Ishaq), ‘You should pass by al- Madinah and offer al-Salam to the Messenger of Allah from nearby, although it reaches him from faraway places also.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/263))