Kāmil al-Ziyārāt - Content

Chapter: The Rewards and the Merits of Establishing Prayers in the Mosque of Kūfah and the Mosque of Sahlah 11 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ الْجَا٠ُورَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) أَوْ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَيُّ بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ حَرَ٠ِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ حَرَ٠ِ رَسُولِهِ (ص) فَقَالَ الْكُوفَةُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ هِيَ الزَّكِيَّةُ الطَّاهِرَةُ فِيهَا قُبُورُ النَّبِيِّينَ الْ٠ُرْسَلِينَ وَ قُبُورُ غَيْرِ الْ٠ُرْسَلِينَ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ الصَّادِقِينَ وَ فِيهَا ٠َسْجِدُ سُهَيْلٍ الَّذِي لَ٠ْ يَبْعَثِ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ صَلَّى فِيهِ وَ ٠ِنْهَا يَظْهَرُ عَدْلُ اللَّهِ وَ فِيهَا يَكُونُ قَائِ٠ُهُ وَ الْقُوَّا٠ِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ هِيَ ٠َنَازِلُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ 11. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad ibn Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Rāzi Al-Jāmūrāni, from Ḥusain ibn Sayf ibn ‘Amīrah, from his father Sayf, from Abī Bakr Al-Ḥaďrami, who said: I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) or Abā Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)), “What is the best place after Masjid Al-Ḥarām and the Mosque of the Prophet (s.a.a.w.)?” Imam (a.s.) replied: Kūfah. O Abā Bakr! Kūfah is the purified and the virtuous land. It contains the graves of the messengers, the prophets, and the truthful successors. It (also) contains the Mosque of Suhayl in which every prophet sent by Allāh has prayed. The Justice of Allāh (the Twelfth Imam (a.s.)) will (also) reappear from this city. The rising Imam (a.s.) and those who will lead after him will also live in it. It is indeed the abode of the prophets, the successors, and the righteous ones.