Equal to Performing Ḥajj and ʿUmrah

Um Saʿīd al-Aḥmasiya narrates: I asked Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) about the reward for performing the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a).

Imām^(a) replied, “It is equal to one Ḥajj and one ʿUmrah and this much reward.” Um Saʿīd adds Imām^{( a)} stretched open his arms and closed them three times.

ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Ḥasan narrates: I asked Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a), “What does it mean when it is said “performing the ziyārah of the grave of Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn^(a) is equal to performing Ḥajj and ʿUmrah?”

Imām^(a) replied, “Ḥajj and ʿUmrah can only be performed here in Mecca. But if a person decides to perform Ḥajj but does not have the means to do so and instead performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a), then Allāh will record a Ḥajj for him. Likewise if a person decides to perform ʿUmrah but does not have the means to do so and instead performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a), then Allāh will record an ʿUmrah for him.”

Ḥārūn b. Khārijah narrates: I was with Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) when a man asked him, “What is the reward for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a)?”

Imām^(a) replied, “Allāh had devoted four thousand disheveled angels to al-Ḥusayn^(a) who are covered with dust and who mourn for him and will continue to do so until the Day of Judgment.” I asked, “May my mother and father be sacrificed upon you! It is narrated from your father that performing the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^{( a)} is equal to performing Ḥajj and ʿUmrah.”

Imām^(a) replied, “Yes. A Ḥajj and an ʿUmrah, a Ḥajj and an ʿUmrah...”

Ḥārūn added, “Imām^(a) counted ten Ḥajj and ten ʿUmrah.”

Abū Khadījah narrates: A man asked Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir^(a) about performing the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a). Imām^(a) replied, “It is equal to one Ḥajj and one ʿUmrah and this much (Imām^{( a)} stretched open his arms) rewards.”

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “The ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) is equal to one Ḥajj. And after a person performs his obligatory Ḥajj, then it is equal to one Ḥajj and one ʿUmrah.”

Yūnus narrates: Imām al-Riḍā^(a) said, “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^{( a)} have performed Ḥajj and ʿUmrah.”

I asked, “Does it replace performing Ḥajjatul Islam?”

Imām^(a) replied, “No it is recorded as Ḥajj for those who do not have the means of performing Ḥajj. Are you not aware that everyday seventy thousand angels circumambulate the Kaʿba until nightfall. Then they ascend back to the heavens and another assembly of angels takes their place circulating the Kaʿba until morning? The ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a) is more glorified by Allāh than the Kaʿba. Seventy thousand disheveled angels, covered with dust, descend to His grave at the time of each prayer and they will not return to his grave until the Day of Judgment.”

Um Saʿīd al-Aḥmasiya narrates: I asked Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a), “What do you say regarding the reward for the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a)?”

Imām^(a) replied, “O’ Um Saʿīd! We say it is equal to the reward of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah, and there is this much reward in it.” Um Saʿīd adds, “Imām^(a) stretched open his arms with his fingers bent.”

Al-Fuḍayl b. Yasār narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) say, “Allāh has devoted four thousand disheveled angels covered with dust to the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) who mourn over him and will do so until the Day of Judgment. Performing his ziyārah is equal to performing Ḥajj and ʿUmrah and performing the ziyārah of the graves of the martyrs of ʾUḥud.”

Al-Ḥusayn b. 'Atiya narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) say, “Allāh will record the reward of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a).”

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “Allāh will record the reward of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a).”

Muḥammad b. Muṣādif narrates: Mālik al-Jahanī narrated to me from Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir^(a) who said, “Allāh will record the performance of Ḥajj for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah and they will remain protected until they return from his ziyārah.”

Muḥammad b. Muṣādif adds, “Mālik died in that year and I went for Ḥajj. After Ḥajj, I went to Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) and said, “Mālik narrated to me from Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir^(a) regarding the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a).”

Imām^(a) asked me about it and I narrated it to him. Imām^(a) said, “Yes, O’ Muḥammad! Ḥajj and ʿUmrah.”

Al-Ḥusayn b. Mukhṭār narrates: I asked Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) about the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a). Imām^(a) replied, “The reward for Ḥajj and ʿUmrah is with it.”

Isā b. Rashīd narrates: I asked Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a), “May I be sacrificed for you! What is the reward for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) and pray two raka’at next to his grave?” Imām^(a) replied, “One Ḥajj and one ʿUmrah will be recorded for them.”

I asked, “May I be sacrificed for you! Is it the same for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of any Imām^{( a)} whose obedience Allāh has made obligatory?”

Imām^(a) replied, “It is the same for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of any Imām whose obedience Allāh made obligatory.”

Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik narrates: I was with Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) when a group of people riding on donkeys passed by.

Imām^(a) asked, “Where are they going?” I replied, “To the graves of the martyrs of ʾUḥud.”

Imām^(a) asked, “What prevents them from performing the ziyārah of al-Shahīd al-Gharīb?”

One of the people from Iraq asked, “Is performing his ziyārah obligatory?”

Imām^(a) replied, “His ziyārah is greater than performing Ḥajj and ʿUmrah and another Ḥajj and another ʿUmrah and another Ḥajj and another ʿUmrah and..”

Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik adds, “Imām^(a) mentioned twenty accepted Ḥajj and ʿUmrah. And I swear by Allāh that I did not leave Imām^(a) until a man came to him and said, “I have gone to Ḥajj nineteen times. Please pray for me so Allāh blesses me with the twentieth time.”

Imām^(a) asked, “Have you ever performed the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a)?” The man replied, “No.” Imām^(a) said, “Performing His ziyārah is greater than twenty Ḥajj.”