Chapter on the Reward of Visiting the Prophet {saws} and the Imams {a.s}, Peace Be Upon Them All

Hadith.3159 - Imam Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said to the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family: "O father, what is the reward for one who visits you?" The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, replied: "O my son, whoever visits me in life or after my death, or visits your father, or visits your brother, or visits you, it is incumbent upon me to visit them on the Day of Judgment and deliver them from their sins."

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Hadith.3160 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) who said: "Indeed, every Imam has a covenant upon the necks of their followers and Shia, and part of fulfilling this covenant completely is visiting their graves. Whoever visits them out of a desire for their visitation and in affirmation of what they have invited towards, their Imams will be their intercessors on the Day of Judgment."

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Hadith.3161 - Ali ibn al-Hakam narrated from Ziyad ibn Abi al-Hilal, from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: "No prophet or successor remains on earth for more than three days before their soul, bones, and flesh are raised to the heavens. However, people visit the places associated with their traces, and salutations reach them from afar and are conveyed to them. From near, they hear the salutations in the places associated with their traces."

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Hadith.3162 - Jabir narrated from Abu Ja’far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: "Part of the completeness of Hajj is meeting the Imam."

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Hadith.3163 - Salih ibn Uqbah narrated from Zayd al-Shahham, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) "What is the reward for someone who visits one of you?" Imam (as) replied: "It is as if they have visited the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family."

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Hadith.3164 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, said to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as), peace be upon him: "O Ali, whoever visits me during my lifetime or after my death, or visits you during your lifetime or after your death, or visits your two sons during their lifetimes or after their deaths, I guarantee for them on the Day of Judgment that I will deliver them from its terrors and hardships until I bring them to be with me in my rank."

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Hadith.3165 - Ishaq ibn Ammar has narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: "The site of the grave of Husayn (as) has been, since the day he was buried there, a garden from the gardens of Paradise."

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Hadith.3166 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The site of the grave of Husayn (as) is a channel from the channels of Paradise."

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Hadith.3167 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The sanctuary of the grave of Husayn (as) extends five parasangs from the four sides of the grave."

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Hadith.3168 - Ishaq ibn Ammar has narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: "Between the grave of Husayn (as) and the seventh heaven is a pathway frequented by the angels."

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Hadith.3169 - Salih ibn Uqbah narrated from Bashir al-Dahhan, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) "Sometimes I miss the Hajj, so I perform the acts of Arafah at the grave of Husayn, peace be upon him." Imam (as) replied: "You have done well, O Bashir. Any believer who visits the grave of Husayn (as) knowing his right, on a day other than Eid, will have twenty accepted Hajj, twenty accepted Umrah, and twenty battles with a divinely sent prophet or a just Imam recorded for them. And whoever visits him on the day of Eid will have one thousand accepted Hajj, one thousand accepted Umrah, and one thousand battles with a divinely sent prophet or a just Imam recorded for them." I said to him: "And how can this compare to the station of Arafah?" Imam looked at me with a displeased expression and then said: "O Bashir, when a believer comes to the grave of Husayn (as) on the Day of Arafah, knowing his right, performs the ritual bath in the Euphrates, and then goes to him, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will record for him with every step a Hajj with all its rites." And I do not recall him except saying: "and an Umrah as well."

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Hadith.3170 - It is narrated from Dawud al-Raqqi, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (Ja‘far ibn Muhammad), Abu al-Hasan (Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim), and Abu al-Hasan (Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as)) all saying: "Whoever visits the grave of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as) on the Day of Arafah, Allah (swt), the Exalted, will turn their heart into one of contentment and tranquility."

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Hadith.3171 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Indeed, Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, begins by looking at the visitors of the grave of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as) on the eve of Arafah." It was asked: "Does He look at them before looking at the people at the [Arafah] gathering?" Imam (as) replied: "Yes." It was then asked: "How is that?" Imam (as) said: "Because among those [at Arafah] are illegitimate children, and among these [visitors of Husayn's grave], there are no illegitimate children."

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Hadith.3172 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever visits the grave of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as) their sins will be made into a bridge at the door of their house, and they will cross over it, leaving it behind, just as one of you leaves a bridge behind after crossing it."

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Hadith.3173 - Ali ibn Abi Hamzah narrated from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: "Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, has appointed seventy thousand angels to be with Hussain ibn Ali (as). They send blessings upon him every day, disheveled and dusty, and they pray for those who visit him. They say, 'O Lord (azj), these are the visitors of Hussain ibn Ali (as). Treat them with kindness and grant them Your blessings.'"

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Hadith.3174 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever comes to the grave of Husayn (as) recognizing his right, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will record them in the highest ranks of 'Illiyin."

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Hadith.3175 - Zayd al-Shahham asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) "What is the reward for someone who visits one of you?" Imam (as) replied: "It is as if they have visited the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family."

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Hadith.3176 - Imam Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) said: "The least reward for the visitor of Abu Abdullah (Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as)) at the banks of the Euphrates, if they recognize his right, sanctity, and authority, is that their past and future sins will be forgiven."

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Hadith.3177 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal narrated from Abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja’far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: "Direct our Shia to visit Imam Hussain ibn Ali (as) for his visitation protects from destruction, drowning, burning, and being devoured by beasts. His visitation is obligatory upon those who acknowledge Husayn (as) as an Imam from Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted."

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Hadith.3178 - Harun ibn Khariqah narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) who said: "When it is the middle of Sha‘ban, a caller from the highest horizon announces: 'O visitors of the grave of Husayn (as), return forgiven. Your reward is with your Lord (azj) and Muhammad, your Prophet.'"

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Hadith.3179 - Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Qummi has narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) that he said: "Whoever visits the grave of my father (as) in Baghdad, it is as if they have visited the grave of the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, and the grave of the Commander of the Faithful (as) except that the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, and the Commander of the Faithful (as) have their unique superiority."

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Hadith.3180 - It is narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ that he asked Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (as) about the visitation of the grave of Abu al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) and whether it is similar to the visitation of Husayn (as), peace be upon him. Imam (as) replied: "Yes."

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Hadith.3181 - Ali ibn Mahziyar narrated from Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Thani (Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Jawad (as)) who said: I asked him: "May I be your ransom, is the visitation of Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) superior, or the visitation of Abu Abdullah al- Husayn (as), peace be upon them?" Imam (as) replied: "The visitation of my father (as) is superior, and that is because Abu Abdullah (as) is visited by everyone, while my father (as) is visited only by the select among the Shia."

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Hadith.3182 - It is narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanti, who said: I read the letter of Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (as) which stated: "Convey to my Shia that my visitation is equivalent before Allah (swt), the Exalted, to one thousand Hajj." I then asked Abu Ja‘far (his son, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Jawad (as)) "One thousand Hajj?" Imam (as) replied: "Yes, by Allah (swt), and one thousand thousand Hajj for the one who visits him knowing his right."

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Hadith.3183 - Al-Husayn ibn Zayd narrated from Abu Ja’far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: I heard him say: "A man from the descendants of Musa, whose name is the name of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) will emerge. He will be buried in the land of Tus, which is in Khurasan. He will be killed there by poison and buried there as a stranger. Whoever visits him, recognizing his right, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will grant them the reward of one who spent (in charity) and fought (in battle) before the victory."

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Hadith.3184 - Al-Bazanti narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) who said: "No one among my followers visits me, recognizing my right, except that I will intercede for them on the Day of Judgment."

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Hadith.3185 - Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Ridha, Imam Al-Jawad (as) said: "Between the two mountains of Tus is a portion that was taken from Paradise. Whoever enters it will be safe from the Fire on the Day of Judgment."

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Hadith.3186 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Jawad (as) said: "I guarantee Paradise with Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, for whoever visits the grave of my father in Tus, recognizing his right."

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Hadith.3187 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, said: "A part of me will be buried in Khurasan. No distressed person will visit it except that Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will relieve their distress, and no sinner will visit it except that Allah (swt) will forgive their sins."

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Hadith.3188 - It is narrated from Nu‘man ibn Sa‘d, who reported that the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "A man from my progeny will be killed unjustly by poison in the land of Khurasan. His name will be my name, and his father's name will be the name of the son of Imran, Musa, peace be upon him. Behold, whoever visits him in his estrangement, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will forgive their sins—both past and future—even if they are as numerous as the stars in the sky, the raindrops, or the leaves of the trees."

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Hadith.3189 - Hamdan al-Diwani narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) that he said: "Whoever visits me despite the distance of my abode, I will come to them on the Day of Judgment in three places until I deliver them from its terrors: when the records are distributed to the right and to the left, at the Bridge (al-Sirat), and at the Scale (al-Mizan)."

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Hadith.3190 - Hamzah ibn Humran narrated that Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "My descendant will be killed in the land of Khurasan, in a city called Tus. Whoever visits him there, recognizing his right, I will take them by the hand on the Day of Judgment and admit them into Paradise, even if they are among those who committed major sins." I said: "May I be your ransom, what does it mean to recognize his right?" Imam (as) replied: "To know that he is an Imam whose obedience is divinely mandated, a stranger, and a martyr. Whoever visits him, recognizing his right, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will grant them the reward of seventy martyrs who were martyred before the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, in truth."

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Hadith.3191 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal narrated from Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, peace be upon him: A man from Khurasan said to him: "O son of the Messenger of Allah (swt), I saw the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, in a dream, as if he were saying to me, ‘How will you be when a part of me is buried in your land, entrusted to your care, and my star is concealed in your soil?’" Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) replied: "I am the one who will be buried in your land. I am a part of your Prophet, I am the trust, and I am the star. Be aware that whoever visits me, recognizing the right that Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, has made obligatory for me and my obedience, I and my forefathers will intercede for them on the Day of Judgment. And whoever has us as their intercessors will be saved, even if they have burdens equal to the sins of the two weighty creations (humans and jinn). Indeed, my father narrated to me from my grandfather, from his father (as) that the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, said: ‘Whoever sees me in their dream has truly seen me, for Satan cannot assume my form, nor the form of any of my successors, nor the form of any of their Shia. A truthful vision is one part of seventy parts of prophethood.’"

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Hadith.3192 - It is narrated from Abu al-Salt Abd al-Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, who said: I heard Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) say: "By Allah (swt), there is none among us except that they are killed and martyred." He was asked: "Who will kill you, O son of the Messenger of Allah (swt)?" Imam (as) replied: "The worst of Allah’s (swt) creation in my time will kill me with poison, then bury me in a constrained house and a land of estrangement. Behold, whoever visits me in my estrangement, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Exalted, will write for them the reward of one hundred thousand martyrs, one hundred thousand truthful ones, one hundred thousand pilgrims and those performing Umrah, and one hundred thousand fighters in the path of Allah (swt). They will be resurrected in our group and placed in the highest ranks of Paradise as our companions."

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Hadith.3193 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) that he said: "Indeed, there is a spot in Khurasan where a time will come when it will become a place frequented by the angels." Imam (as) continued: "A group will constantly descend from the heavens and a group will ascend, until the Trumpet is blown." Imam was asked: "O son of the Messenger of Allah (swt), which spot is this?" Imam (as) replied: "It is in the land of Tus. By Allah (swt), it is a garden from the gardens of Paradise. Whoever visits me in that spot will be as if they have visited the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family. Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, will write for them the reward of one thousand accepted Hajj and one thousand accepted Umrah. I and my forefathers will be their intercessors on the Day of Judgment."

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Hadith.3194 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, said: "A part of me will be buried in the land of Khurasan. No believer will visit it except that Allah (swt) will make Paradise obligatory for them and will forbid their body from the Fire."

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