The Rare Ahadith
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 212
27ـ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُرَازِمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ زَامَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُصَادِفٍ فَلَمَّا دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اعْتَلَلْتُ فَكَانَ يَمْضِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَيَدَعُنِي وَحْدِي فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مُصَادِفٍ فَأَخْبَرَ بِهِ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ قُعُودُكَ عِنْدَهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاتِكَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ.
27. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated through his chain of narrators from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Murazim ibn Hakim who has said the following: “I accompanied Muhammad ibn Musadif and when we arrived in al-Madinah, I became ill. He would go to the Masjid and leave me alone. I complained about it before Musadif and he informed abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, about it. He (the Imam) sent him the answer, ‘Your sitting with him is better than your performing salat (prayer) in the Masjid. ‘“
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/252)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 266