الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 4, page 412

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from those who he has mentioned as having said the following: “I once visited the virtuous servant of Allah to ask him a great many questions. When I saw him, his words impressed me a great deal. I requested him to allow me to hold his hand or his foot to kiss. He allowed me to hold his hand, I kissed his hand and at this time I remembered the words of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and my eyes flooded with tears. When he saw me bending my head down, he said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has spoken of the following great facts: ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, writes for each step seventy thousand good deeds for those who perform Tawaf around this House. If one performs it when the sun declines toward the west, without any covering on his head, barefoot, walking in small steps, casting one’s eyes down, touching the Black Stone each time one passes by without disappointing anyone, and does not discontinue speaking of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, He deletes seventy thousand of his sinful deeds, raises seventy thousand degrees, sets free seventy thousand slaves on his behalf, each costing ten thousand dirhams, accepts his intercession for seventy people of his family, and makes seventy thousand of his wishes to come true early, if He so wishes or later if He so wishes.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from af-Fadf ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn al-Hakam who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that for one who resides in Makkah for one year, Tawaf is more excellent than salat (prayer). One who resides in Makkah for two years should perform sometimes Tawaf and sometimes salat (prayer). For one who resides in Makkah for three years, performing salat (prayer) is more excellent than Tawaf.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz ibn ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that performing Tawaf is more excellent for those who do not reside in Makkah, and for those who reside in Makkah, performing salat (prayer) is more excellent.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Faddal from ibn al-Qaddah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that performing Tawaf before al-Hajj is more excellent than seventy Tawaf after al-Hajj.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.