ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On the Reward of Visiting the Shrine of Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s.) َّد بن الحَسَن بن أَح٠َد بن الوليد رَضِىَ اللهُعَنْهُ قالَ حَدَّثَنا ٠َّد بن الحَسَن الصفار عَن أَح٠َّد بن عيسى عَن أَح٠َّد بن أبي نصر البزنطي قالَ قَرَأْتُ كِتَابَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ أَبْلِغْ شِيعَتِي أَنَّ زِيَارَتِي تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَلْفَ حَجَّةٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لابِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ أَلْفَ حَجَّةٍ قَالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ إِي وَاللَّهِ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَجَّةٍ لِ٠َنْ زَارَهُ عَارِفاً بِحَقِّهِ.

66-10 Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bezanti according to which Abi Nasr narrated that he had read a letter from Imam Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in which it was written, “Let my followers know that God considers visiting my shrine to be like one thousand pilgrimages (to the Kaaba).” Then Abi Nasr went to Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) and asked the Imam (a.s.) about this issue.

The Imam (a.s.) said, “Yes, by God! There is the reward of one million pilgrimages to the Kaaba for anyone who visits his shrine and recognizes his rightfulness.”