Rewards
Reward of Hajj and Umrah
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْیَرِیُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَقُولُ الْحَجُّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِتْقِ عَشْرِ رَقَبَاتٍ حَتَّی عَدَّ سَبْعِینَ رَقَبَهً وَ رَکْعَتَا الطَّوَافِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِتْقِ رَقَبَهٍ.
10. The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) say, “The reward of performing Hajj is more than freeing ten slaves.” Imam (a.s.) kept on counting till he said that the reward of the acts of Hajj is more than freeing seventy slaves and said that the reward of circumambulation and a two rakat prayer are equal to freeing a slave.”
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ السَّعْدَآبَادِیُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِیِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِیَهَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إن الله [لِلَّهِ] تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی حَوْلَ الْکَعْبَهِ عِشْرُونَ وَ مِائَهُ رَحْمَهٍ مِنْهَا سِتُّونَ لِلطَّائِفِینَ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ لِلْمُصَلِّینَ وَ عِشْرُونَ لِلنَّاظِرِینَ.
11. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Ali b. al-Hussain al-Sa’dabadi from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah al-Barqi from Ibn Abi ’Umayr from Muawiyah b. Ammar from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “Allah, the Blessed and the High, has positioned one hundred twenty bounties around Mecca. Out of that sixty are for those who perform circumambulation, forty for those who offer Salaat and twenty for the spectators.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی بَشِیرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ: دَخَلَ عَلَیْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ قَدِمْتَ حَاجّاً قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ تَدْرِی مَا لِلْحَاجِّ مِنَ الثَّوَابِ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِی جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ قَالَ مَنْ قَدِمَ حَاجّاً حَتَّی إِذَا دَخَلَ مَکَّهَ دَخَلَ مُتَوَاضِعاً فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ قَصَّرَ خُطَاهُ مَخَافَهَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی فَطَافَ بِالْبَیْتِ طَوَافاً وَ صَلَّی رَکْعَتَیْنِ کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ سَبْعِینَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَهٍ وَ حَطَّ عَنْهُ سَبْعِینَ أَلْفَ سَیِّئَهٍ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ سَبْعِینَ أَلْفَ دَرَجَهٍ وَ شَفَّعَهُ فِی سَبْعِینَ أَلْفَ حَاجَهٍ وَ حُسِبَتْ لَهُ عِتْقَ سَبْعِینَ أَلْفَ رَقَبَهٍ قِیمَهُ کُلِّ رَقَبَهٍ عَشَرَهُ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ.
12. And from the previous chain from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from Ibn Abi Basheer from Mansur from Ishaq b. Ammar from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi al-Hassan (a.s.) who said: “Every pilgrim should enter Mecca for Hajj with extreme humility. When he enters Masjidul Haraam, he should take small steps out of the fear of Allah. He should perform circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba and offer two rakat Salaat. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would note seventy thousand rewards for him, wipe his seventy thousand sins, increase his position seventy thousand levels, fulfill his seventy thousand wishes and grant him the reward of freeing seventy thousand slaves each costing ten thousand dirhams.”
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَهْلُ بْنُ زِیَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَا إِسْحَاقُ مَنْ طَافَ بِهَذَا الْبَیْتِ طَوَافاً وَاحِداً کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ حَسَنَهٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ سَیِّئَهٍ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ أَلْفَ دَرَجَهٍ وَ غَرَسَ لَهُ أَلْفَ شَجَرَهٍ فِی الْجَنَّهِ وَ کَتَبَ لَهُ ثَوَابَ عِتْقِ أَلْفِ نَسَمَهٍ حَتَّی إِذَا وَصَلَ إِلَی الْمُلْتَزَمِ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ثَمَانِیَهَ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّهِ یُقَالُ لَهُ ادْخُلْ مِنْ أَیِّهَا شِئْتَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ هَذَا کُلُّهُ لِمَنْ طَافَ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَ فَلَا أُخْبِرُکَ بِمَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ هَذَا قُلْتُ بَلَی قَالَ مَنْ قَضَی لِأَخِیهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ حَاجَهً کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ طَوَافاً حَتَّی بَلَغَ عَشْراً.
13. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ja’far who said it was narrated to me by Sahl b. Ziyad from Muhammad b. Ismail from Sa’dan b. Muslim from Ishaq b. Ammar who said: “To one who fulfils a wish of a believer, Allah gives reward of Tawaaf, Tawaaf, Tawaaf…(he repeated it ten times).”
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ عَنْ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: الْحَجُّ جِهَادُ الضُّعَفَاءِ وَ هُمْ شِیعَتُنَا.
14. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ja’far who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. ’Imran from al-Hussain b. Yazid from Abi Hamzah from Abi al-Hassan Musa b. Ja’far (a.s.) who said: “Hajj is a Jihad for our weak Shias.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ سَیْفِ بْنِ عَمِیرَهَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا یَصْنَعُ اللَّهُ بِالْحَاجِّ قَالَ مَغْفُورٌ وَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ لَا أَسْتَثْنِی فِیهِ.
15. And from the previous chain from al-Hussain b. Yazid from Sayf b. ’Umayra from Mansur b. Hazim who said: The narrator asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.), “What will Allah do to pilgrims like us?” “He will forgive all without any exception.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ صَنْدَلٍ الْخَادِمِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: الْحَجُّ حَجَّانِ حَجٌّ لِلَّهِ وَ حَجٌّ لِلنَّاسِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ لِلَّهِ کَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلَی اللَّهِ الْجَنَّهَ وَ مَنْ حَجَّ لِلنَّاسِ کَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلَی النَّاسِ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ.
16. And from the previous chain from al-Hussain b. Yazid from Sandal the servant from Harun b. Kharija from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “Hajj is of two types – for Allah and for people. One who performs Hajj for Allah would be rewarded by Him and He would give him Paradise on the Day of Judgment. One who performs Hajj for people should seek reward from them.”
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَضَّاحٍ عَنْ سَیْفٍ التَّمَّارِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ یَقُولُ مَنْ حَجَّ یُرِیدُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا یُرِیدُ بِهِ رِیَاءً وَ لَا سُمْعَهً غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْبَتَّهَ.
17. The narrator says that he heard Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) say, “One who performs Hajj only for Allah without any show off in his deed surely, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would forgive him.”
Rewards
Reward of meeting a Hajj pilgrim and shaking hands with him
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِیَادٍ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْزَهَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ لَقِیَ حَاجّاً فَصَافَحَهُ کَانَ کَمَنِ اسْتَلَمَ الْحَجَرَ.
1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ja’far from Sahl b. Ziyad from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Hamzah from the one the person that narrated to him from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “One who meets a Hajj pilgrim and shakes hands with him is as if he has kissed Hajar-e-Aswad.”
Rewards
One more tradition related to Hajj
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِیِّ عَنْ یُونُسَ بْنِ یَعْقُوبَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ ع لِابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ حِینَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاهُ إِنَّنِی قَدْ حَجَجْتُ عَلَی نَاقَتِی هَذِهِ عِشْرِینَ حِجَّهً فَلَمْ أَقْرَعْهَا بِسَوْطٍ قَرْعَهً فَإِذَا نَفَقَتْ فَادْفِنْهَا لَا یَأْکُلْ لَحْمَهَا السِّبَاعُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ مَا مِنْ بَعِیرٍ یُوقَفُ عَلَیْهِ مَوْقِفَ عَرَفَهَ سَبْعَ حِجَجٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَعَمِ الْجَنَّهِ وَ بَارَکَ فِی نَسْلِهِ فَلَمَّا نَفَقَتْ حَفَرَ لَهَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ دَفَنَهَا.
1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to us by Muhammad b. al-Hassan al-Saffar from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah al-Barqi from Yunis b. Ya’qub from al-Sadiq (a.s.) who said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) willed to Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) at the time of his martyrdom, “I have performed twenty Hajjs on this she- camel and have not whipped it even once. When it dies, bury it, so that animals do not feed upon its flesh because I have heard the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) say that there is no camel who halts at Arafah during Hajj for seven years except that Allah makes it a camel of Paradise and blesses its progeny.” When this she-camel died, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) buried it.