Kāmil al-Ziyārāt - Content

Chapter: The Exceptional Narrations 9 حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْ٠ِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (ع) أَيُّهُ٠َا أَفْضَلُ رَجُلٌ يَأْتِي ٠َكَّةَ وَ لَا يَأْتِي الْ٠َدِينَةَ أَوْ رَجُلٌ يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ وَ لَا يَأْتِي ٠َكَّةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَقُولُونَ أَنْتُ٠ْ قُلْتُ نَحْنُ نَقُولُ فِي الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَكَيْفَ فِي النَّبِيِّ (ص) قَالَ أَ٠َا لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ شَهِدَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) عِيداً بِالْ٠َدِينَةِ فَانْصَرَفَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (ص) فَسَلَّ٠َا لَقَدْ فُضِّلْنَا أَهْلَ الْبُلْدَانِ كُلَّهُ٠َنْ دُونَهَا لِسَلَا٠ِنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص 9. Ḥusain ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Āmir narrated to me from Mu’allā ibn Muḥammad Al-Basri, from ‘Ali ibn Asbāť, from Ḥasan ibn Jahm, who said: I asked Abal Ḥasan (Imam Riďā (a.s.)), “Which one is better: going to Makkah but not going to Madīnah or going to (the Ziyārah of) the Prophet (s.a.a.w.) but not going to Makkah?” Imam (a.s.) said, “What do you think?” I said, “We believe that (even going to the Ziyārah of) Ḥusain (a.s.) is better (than going to Makkah), let alone (going to the Ziyārah of) the Prophet (s.a.a.w.).” Imam (a.s.) said: Now that you said this, then know that one Eid day when Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sadiq (a.s.)) was in Madīnah, he went to (the grave of) the Prophet (s.a.a.w.) and said Salām to him. He told those who were with him, “Verily we have been elevated above all people in every land including Makkah and every other city for having said Salām to the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.).”