Returning to al-Madinah
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 215
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ ابْدَءُوا بِمَكَّةَ وَاخْتِمُوا بِنَا.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn af-Muthanna’ from Sadir who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that you should commence with Makkah and end with us.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/259)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 267
2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَبْدَأُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ أَوْ بِمَكَّةَ قَالَ ابْدَأْ بِمَكَّةَ وَاخْتِمْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ.
2. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja’far عليه السلام, ’Should I commence with al-Madinah or Makkah?’ He (the Imam) replied, ’Commence with Makkah and end with al-Madinah; it is more virtuous.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/259)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 267