قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَحُجُّ مُشَاةً فَبَلَغَنَا عَنْكَ شَيْءٌ فَمَا تَرَى قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَيَحُجُّونَ مُشَاةً وَ يَرْكَبُونَ قُلْتُ لَيْسَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ فَعَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ سَأَلْتَ قُلْتُ أَيُّهُمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ نَصْنَعَ قَالَ تَرْكَبُونَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَقْوَى لَكُمْ عَلَى الدُّعَاءِ وَ الْعِبَادَةِ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Sayf Al Tammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘We used to go to Hajj walking, but something from you<sup>asws</sup> reached us. So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The people are going to Hajj walking and riding’. I said, ‘I did not ask you<sup>asws</sup> about that’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So about which thing did you ask?’ I said, ‘Which of the two is more beloved to you<sup>asws</sup>, that we should do?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Your riding is more beloved to me<sup>asws</sup>, for that is more strengthening for you upon the supplication and the worship (during the Hajj)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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