The Rare Ahadith

33. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from certain individuals of his people who have said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, ‘We may happen to be in Makkah or al-Madinah or al-Hirah, or in such places where there is hope that there is a degree of excellence for being there. If one goes out for Wudu’, can, in such case, another person come and occupy his place?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If one finds a place he is more deserving of it for a day and night than others.’”