دَخَلْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَتَيْتُكَ وَ لَمْ أَزُرْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّكَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا مَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْكَ أَ لَا تَزُورُ مَنْ يَزُورُهُ اللَّهُ مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ يَزُورُهُ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ يَزُورُهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ كُلِّهِمْ وَ لَهُ ثَوَابُ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ فُضِّلُوا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Hamdan Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Yamani, from Mani’e Bin Al Hajjaj, from Yunus Bin Abu Wahab Al Qasry who said, ‘I entered Al-Medina, so I went to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> and I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! I came to you<sup>asws</sup> and I have not performed the <span class="iTxt">Ziyarah</span> of Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> am unhappy with what you have done, and had you not being from our<sup>asws</sup> Shiah, I<sup>asws</sup> would not have even looked at you. You did not visit the one<sup>asws</sup> whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> visits along with the Angels, and the Prophets<sup>as</sup> visit him<sup>asws</sup>, and the believers visit him<sup>asws</sup>?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! I had no knowledge of that’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Know that Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> is superior in the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> than the Imams<sup>asws</sup>, all of them<sup>asws</sup>, and for him<sup>asws</sup> is the Reward of their<sup>asws</sup> deeds, and upon a measurement of their<sup>asws</sup> deeds having merits’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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