On Issues Related to Visiting
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 236
6ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي شِبْلٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَزُورُ قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ نَعَمْ زُرِ الطَّيِّبَ وَأَتِمَّ الصَّلاةَ فِيهِ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا يَرَوْنَ التَّقْصِيرَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الضَّعَفَةُ.
6. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah from Salih ibn ‘Uqbah from abu Shibl who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, ‘Should I visit the grave of al-Husayn عليه السلام ?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Yes, visit the magnificent (Imam) and perform salat (prayer) in complete form in his shrine/ I then said, ‘Certain individuals of our people say that salat (prayer) in that place is performed in short form.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Only the weak ones do so.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/315)
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