Ĥā`ir: One of the Places in Which Allāh Loves to be Called Upon

3. Ḥusain ibn Aḥmad ibn Mughīrah (the student of the author) added the following: Abū Muḥammad Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Ali Al-Rāzi Al-Wahwardi narrated to me in Nayshābūr, from Abī ‘Ali Muḥammad ibn Hammām, from Muḥammad Al-Ḥimyari, from Abī Hāshim Al-Ja’fari, who said: I went to visit Abal Ḥasan, ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad (Imam Hādi عليه السلام), when he was ill and suffering from fever. The Imam عليه السلام said to me, “O Abā Hāshim! Send a man from among our followers to the Ḥā`ir to pray for me (to be cured).” When I left the Imam عليه السلام, I met ‘Ali ibn Bilāl and I informed him of the Imam’s order and asked him to be the one to go to the Ḥā`ir. He replied, “I am at his command. However, the Imam عليه السلام is more sacred than the Ḥā`ir because he has the same rank as the one in the Ḥā`ir and it is more effective if he prays for himself than if I pray for him in the Ḥā`ir.” I informed the Imam عليه السلام about that which ‘Ali ibn Bilāl had said. The Imam عليه السلام said to me: Tell him that the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم is more sacred than the House (of Allāh) and the Ḥajar but he used to circulate the House (of Allāh) and touch the Ḥajar. Verily, there are places in which Allāh, the Exalted, loves to be called upon and He answers the call of those who call upon Him (in those places), and the Ḥā`ir is one of those places.