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

In a narration from Hanan ibn Sadeer from his father, he said: Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said to me: "O Sadeer, do you visit the grave of al-Husayn عليه السلام every day?" I said: "May I be your ransom, no." Imam عليه السلام said: "How distant you are! Do you visit it every month?" I said: "No." Imam عليه السلام said: "Do you visit it every year?" I said: "It may happen." Imam عليه السلام said: "O Sadeer, how neglectful you are toward al-Husayn عليه السلام, peace be upon him. Do you not know that Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Blessed and Exalted, has a thousand thousand angels, disheveled and covered in dust, who cry and visit him without ceasing? What would it harm you, O Sadeer, to visit the grave of al-Husayn عليه السلام five times every Friday or once every day?" I said: "May I be your ransom, there are many leagues between us and his grave." Imam عليه السلام said to me: "Ascend to the roof of your house, turn right and left, then lift your head toward the sky, incline toward the direction of his grave, and say: 'Peace be upon you, O Aba Abdullah. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His blessings.' It will be written for you as a visitation, and each visitation is equal to a Hajj and an Umrah." Sadeer said: "Sometimes I did this more than twenty times in a month."