Chapter on What Substitutes for the Visit to Imam Al-Husayn عليه السلام and the Visit to Other Imams عليه السلام, for Those Unable to Undertake the Journey Due to Distance
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 159
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 159
Chapter on What Substitutes for the Visit to Imam Al-Husayn عليه السلام and the Visit to Other Imams عليه السلام, for Those Unable to Undertake the Journey Due to Distance
رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا بَعُدَتْ بِأَحَدِكُمُ اَلشُّقَّةُ وَ نَأَتْ بِهِ اَلدَّارُ فَلْيَصْعَدْ أَعْلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ لْيُومِ بِالسَّلاَمِ إِلَى قُبُورِنَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَصِلُ إِلَيْنَا».
Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Hisham, who said that Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "If one of you is far away and distant from us, let him ascend to the highest part of his home, perform two units of prayer, and gesture with greetings of peace toward our graves, for that greeting will reach us."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 182