Chapter on Virtues of Hajj

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "When Musa عليه السلام performed Hajj, Archangel Jibril عليه السلام descended upon him. Musa asked him: 'O Archangel Jibril, what is the reward for one who performs Hajj to this House without a sincere intention and without lawful provisions?' Archangel Jibril replied: 'I do not know until I return to my Lord عز وجل, the Mighty and Majestic.' When Archangel Jibril returned, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, asked: 'O Archangel Jibril, what did Musa say to you?'—though Allah سبحانه وتعالى already knows. Archangel Jibril said: 'My Lord عز وجل, he asked me about the one who performs Hajj to this House without a sincere intention and without lawful provisions.' Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'Return to him and tell him: I grant him My right and seek the satisfaction of My creation concerning him.' Then Musa asked: 'O Archangel Jibril, what about the one who performs Hajj to this House with a sincere intention and lawful provisions?' Archangel Jibril returned to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, and Allah سبحانه وتعالى revealed to him: 'Tell him: I will place him in the highest company with “the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous—what excellent companions they are.”'"