كُنْتُ مُقِيماً بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا قَرُبَ الْفِطْرُ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجُ فِي عُمْرَةِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ أُقِيمُ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ الشَّهْرُ وَ أُتِمَّ صَوْمِي فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ كِتَاباً قَرَأْتُهُ بِخَطِّهِ سَأَلْتَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ عَنْ أَيُّ الْعُمْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ عُمْرَةُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ أَفْضَلُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Ali Bin Hadeed who said, ‘I was staying in Al-Medina during a Month of Ramazan in the year two hundred and thirteen. So when (Eid) Al-Fitr came near, I wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> asking him<sup>asws</sup> about the going out regarding an Umra during a Month of Ramazaan, ‘Is it superior, or staying until the Month is past, and I complete my Fasts?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to me a letter which I read it to be in his<sup>asws</sup> own handwriting: ‘You asked, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you, about which Umra is superior. An Umra during a Month of Ramazan is superior. May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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