Chapter on Virtues of Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 2
وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ: «مَا خَلَقَ اَللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بُقْعَةً فِي اَلْأَرْضِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهَا» وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى اَلْكَعْبَةِ «وَ لاَ أَكْرَمَ عَلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْهَا لَهَا حَرَّمَ اَللَّهُ اَلْأَشْهُرَ اَلْحُرُمَ فِي كِتَابِهِ «يَوْمَ خَلَقَ اَلسَّمٰاوٰاتِ وَ اَلْأَرْضَ» ».
In another narration: "Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, did not create a spot on earth more beloved to Him than it"—and he gestured with his hand toward the Kaaba—"nor more honored by Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, than it. For its sake, Allah سبحانه وتعالى sanctified the sacred months in His Book 'on the day He created the heavens and the earth.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh