Hadith 1658
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Hadith.3181 - Ali ibn Mahziyar narrated from Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Thani (Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Jawad (as)) who said
I asked him: "May I be your ransom, is the visitation of Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) superior, or the visitation of Abu Abdullah al- Husayn (as), peace be upon them?"
Imam (as) replied: "The visitation of my father (as) is superior, and that is because Abu Abdullah (as) is visited by everyone, while my father (as) is visited only by the select among the Shia."
3181 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ زِيَارَةُ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَفْضَلُ أَمْ زِيَارَةُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ «زِيَارَةُ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَفْضَلُ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَزُورُهُ كُلُّ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لاَ يَزُورُهُ إِلاَّ اَلْخَوَاصُّ مِنَ اَلشِّيعَةِ ».
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