Chapter on the Reward of Visiting the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Imams عليه السلام, Peace Be Upon Them All

Salih ibn Uqbah narrated from Bashir al-Dahhan, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام "Sometimes I miss the Hajj, so I perform the acts of Arafah at the grave of Husayn, peace be upon him." Imam عليه السلام replied: "You have done well, O Bashir. Any believer who visits the grave of Husayn عليه السلام knowing his right, on a day other than Eid, will have twenty accepted Hajj, twenty accepted Umrah, and twenty battles with a divinely sent prophet or a just Imam recorded for them. And whoever visits him on the day of Eid will have one thousand accepted Hajj, one thousand accepted Umrah, and one thousand battles with a divinely sent prophet or a just Imam recorded for them." I said to him: "And how can this compare to the station of Arafah?" Imam looked at me with a displeased expression and then said: "O Bashir, when a believer comes to the grave of Husayn عليه السلام on the Day of Arafah, knowing his right, performs the ritual bath in the Euphrates, and then goes to him, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Exalted, will record for him with every step a Hajj with all its rites." And I do not recall him except saying: "and an Umrah as well."