Hadith 206
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Ja`far b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Muhammad narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Sulayman b. Hafs al-Maruzi. He said
I heard Aba’l Hasan Musa b. Ja`far (as) say: Whoever visits the grave of my son `Ali (as) will have the reward of seventy accepted Hajj. I said: Seventy accepted Hajj? He said: Yes, even seventy thousand Hajj. I said: Seventy thousand accepted Hajj? He said: So, he said: Perhaps a Hajj is not accepted. Whoever visits him or spends a night [there] with him, it is as though he visits Allah at His Throne. I said: As though he visits Allah at His Throne? He said: Yes. On the Day of Resurrection, on the Throne of Allah, there will be four from the former peoples and four from the latter peoples. As for the former peoples, they are Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, and `Isa. As for the latter peoples, they are Muhammad, `Ali, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn. Then, a rope will be extended, and those who visited the graves of the Imams will sit with us – but the highest of them in rank and the best of them in reward will be visitors of the grave of my son `Ali (as). The Shaykh and Jurist Abu Ja`far (rh) said: His (as) saying that “it is as though he visits Allah at His Throne” is not likening [Allah to His creation] (tashbih), because the angels visit the Throne, take shelter by it, circle around it, and they say: “We visit Allah at His Throne” – just as the people say: “We make pilgrimage to the House of Allah and we visit Allah” – not that Allah is described with a location, for He is high above that.
6 - حدثنا جعفر بن محمد، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، عن سليمان بن حفص المروزي، قال
سمعت أبا الحسن موسى بن جعفر (عليهما السلام) يقول: من زار قبر ولدي علي (عليه السلام) كان له عند الله عز وجل سبعون حجة مبرورة (2). قلت: سبعون حجة مبرورة؟ قال: نعم، وسبعون ألف حجة. قلت: سبعون ألف حجة مبرورة؟ قال: فقال: رب حجة لا تقبل، من زاره أو بات عنده ليلة كان كمن زار الله في عرشه. قلت: كمن زار الله في عرشه؟ قال: نعم إذا كان يوم القيامة كان على عرش الله جل جلاله أربعة من الاولين وأربعة من الآخرين، فأما الاولون: فنوح وإبراهيم وموسى وعيسى، وأما الاربعة الآخرون: فمحمد وعلي والحسن والحسين، ثم يمد المطمر (3)، فيقعد معنا زوار قبور الائمة، إلا أن أعلاها درجة وأقربهم حبوة (4) زوار قبر ولدي علي (عليه السلام) (5). قال الشيخ الفقيه أبو جعفر (رحمه الله): معنى قوله (عليه السلام): كان كمن زار الله في عرشه، ليس بتشبيه، لان الملائكة تزور العرش، وتلوذ به، وتطوف حوله، وتقول: نزور الله في عرشه، كما يقول الناس: نحج بيت الله، ونزور الله، لا أن الله عز وجل موصوف بمكان، تعالى عن ذلك علوا كبيرا (6).
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