The Excellence of Looking at al-Ka‘bah
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 23
5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ النَّظَرُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ عِبَادَةٌ وَالنَّظَرُ إِلَى الْوَالِدَيْنِ عِبَادَةٌ وَالنَّظَرُ إِلَى الإِمَامِ عِبَادَةٌ وَقَالَ مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ عَشْرُ سَيِّئَاتٍ.
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that looking at al-Ka’bah is an act of worship; looking at parents is an act of worship; and looking at the Imam is an act of worship. For one’s looking at al- Ka’bah, one good deed is written for him and ten of his bad deeds are deleted.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/102)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 115