The Excellence and Virtue of Visiting Abu Al-Hassan, Musa, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

“Al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, ‘Whoever visits my father in Baghdad is like one who has visited the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and the grave of ’Amir al-Mu’minin. O Allah, I appeal before You to grant salawat (favors and compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause). Except, however, the Messenger of Allah and ’Amir al-Mu’minin have their own special merits.’”

“I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), ‘Is visiting the grave of abu al-Hassan (a.s.), like visiting the grave of al-Husayn (a.s.) ?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Yes, it is so.’”

“I once wrote to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), the 3rd, asking him about visiting abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn (a.s.), and about visiting abu al-Hassan and abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhim al-Salam. He (the Imam) wrote back to me this: ‘Visiting abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has a greater priority and it has more and complete greater rewards.’”