Rewards
Reward of the Ziyarat of the graves of Imams (a.s.)
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ غِیَاثٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی نَصْرٍ الْبَزَنْطِیِّ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ کِتَابَ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَبْلِغْ شِیعَتِی أَنَّ زِیَارَتِی تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَلْفَ حِجَّهٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع أَلْفَ حِجَّهٍ قَالَ إِی وَ اللَّهِ وَ أَلْفَا حِجَّهٍ لِمَنْ زَارَهُ عَارِفاً بِحَقِّهِ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع مَنْ زَارَ وَاحِداً مِنَّا کَانَ کَمَنْ زَارَ الْحُسَیْنَ ع.
3. 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. Muhammad b. Ghiyath from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti who said: It is narrated that a letter of Imam Ridha (a.s.) contained the following text: “Convey to my Shias that the reward of my Ziyarat equals to one thousand Hajjs.” The narrator asked Imam Jawad (a.s.), “Is it equal to a thousand Hajjs?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Yes, one who performs his Ziyarat knowing his right this act is equal to a million Hajjs.” Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that one who performs the Ziyarat of any one of us will get the reward of the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.).”
Rewards
Reward of Ziyarat of Masuma Qum
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنْ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَبْرِ فَاطِمَهَ بِنْتِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ مَنْ زَارَهَا فَلَهُ الْجَنَّهُ.
1. My father (rh) said: it was narrated to us by Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from Sa’d b. Sa’eed from Abi al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) who said: I (the narrator) asked him regarding the grave of Fatima binte Musa bin Ja'far (a.s.). He (the Imam) replied, “Whoever visits her will get Paradise.”
Rewards
Reward of Ziyarat of Abdul Azim Hasani (r.a.) in Rayy
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَهُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْعَلَوِیُّ ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی الْعَطَّارُ عَمَّنْ دَخَلَ عَلَی أَبِی الْحَسَنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَادِی مِنْ أَهْلِ الرَّیِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَی أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْکَرِیِّ ع فَقَالَ أَیْنَ کُنْتَ قُلْتُ زُرْتُ الْحُسَیْنَ ع قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّکَ لَوْ زُرْتَ قَبْرَ عَبْدِ الْعَظِیمِ عِنْدَکُمْ لَکُنْتَ کَمَنْ زَارَ الْحُسَیْنَ بْنَ عَلِیٍّ ع.
1. The narrator says that a person from the people of Rayy went to Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I am coming after performing the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.).” The Imam said: However if you perform the Ziyarat of Abdul Azim in the city of Rayy it is as if you have performed the Ziyarat of Imam Husain bin Ali (a.s.).”
Rewards
Reward of one who cannot do good to Ahle Bayt (a.s.) and he does so to a righteous devotee of theirs and Reward of one who cannot do Ziyarat of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) but does the Ziyarat of a righteous devotee of Ahle Bayt (a.s.)
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی بِإِسْنَادٍ ذَکَرَهُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ لَمْ یَقْدِرْ عَلَی صَلَاتِنَا فَلْیُصَلِّ صَالِحِی مَوَالِینَا وَ مَنْ لَمْ یَقْدِرْ عَلَی زِیَارَتِنَا فَلْیَزُرْ صَالِحِی مَوَالِینَا یَکْتُبِ اللَّهُ لَهُ ثَوَابَ زِیَارَتِنَا.
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. Muhammad b. Isa from a chain he narrated from al-Sadiq (a.s.) who said: “One who cannot do good to us, should do good to our lovers and friends. He will get the reward of doing good to us. One who cannot perform our Ziyarat, should perform the Ziyarat of our virtuous lovers and friends. He will get the reward of performing our Ziyarat.”
Rewards
Reward of doing good to an Imam
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَی عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی نَصْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلصَّادِقِ ع مَا مَعْنَی قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی- مَنْ ذَا الَّذِی یُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً فَیُضاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعافاً کَثِیرَهً قَالَ صِلَهُ الْإِمَامِ- أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ أَبِی طَالِبٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ یُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِمِثْلِهِ.
1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to us by Ahmad b. Idris from ’Imran b. Musa from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr from Hamad b. Uthman from Ishaq b. Ammar who said: The narrator asked Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.), “What is the meaning of this verse: ‘Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply it to him manifold’?”10 Imam (a.s.) replied, “It implies doing good to an Imam.” The narrator says that his father too heard such a tradition from Imam (a.s.).
Rewards
Reward of the people of Quran
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الْفَارِسِیِ عَنْ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِیِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ أَبِی زِیَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ فِی أَعْلَی دَرَجَهٍ مِنَ الْآدَمِیِّینَ مَا خَلَا النَّبِیِّینَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ وَ لَا تَسْتَضْعِفُوا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ حُقُوقَهُمْ فَإِنَّ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ لَمَکَاناً.
1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his father that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “The ranks of the people of Quran come next to that of the prophets and messengers. Don’t ever consider the people of Quran as weak and don’t reduce their rights for they have a high status near Allah.”
Rewards
Reward of reciting a complete Quran in Mecca
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ شُعَیْبٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ مَادٍّ الْقَلَانِسِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَنْ خَتَمَ الْقُرْآنَ بِمَکَّهَ مِنْ جُمُعَهٍ إِلَی جُمُعَهٍ وَ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِکَ وَ أَکْثَرَ وَ خَتَمَهُ یَوْمَ الْجُمُعَهِ کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَ الْحَسَنَاتِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ جُمُعَهٍ کَانَتْ فِی الدُّنْیَا إِلَی آخِرِ جُمُعَهٍ تَکُونُ فِیهَا وَ إِنْ خَتَمَهُ فِی سَائِرِ الْأَیَّامِ فَکَذَلِکَ.
1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan al-Saffar from Muhammad b. al-Hussain from Ibn Abi al-Khattab from al-Nadhr b. Shu’aib from al-Hussain b. Mad al-Qalanisi from Abi Hamzah from Abi Ja’far (a.s.) who said: “One who recites a complete Quran between time span of two Fridays or more or less than that then concludes this recitation on Friday Allah would note down the reward of all the good deeds performed from a Friday before his birth till the last Friday. And if he concludes it on any other day then too he will get the same reward.”
Rewards
Reward of memorizing the Quran with difficulty or with ease
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الصَّبَّاحِ بْنِ سَیَابَهَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَقُولُ مَنْ شُدِّدَ عَلَیْهِ الْقُرْآنُ کَانَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ وَ مَنْ یُسِّرَ عَلَیْهِ کَانَ مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ.
1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says, “One who memorizes Quran with difficulty will get two rewards and one who memorizes it with ease would be included among the virtuous.”
Rewards
Reward of reciting the Holy Quran for youth
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْیَرِیُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِکِ بْنِ عَطِیَّهَ عَنْ مِنْهَالٍ الْقَصَّابِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ وَ هُوَ شَابٌّ مُؤْمِنٌ اخْتَلَطَ الْقُرْآنُ بِدَمِهِ وَ لَحْمِهِ وَ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مَعَ السَّفَرَهِ الْکِرَامِ الْبَرَرَهِ وَ کَانَ الْقُرْآنُ حَجِیجاً عَنْهُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ وَ یَقُولُ یَا رَبِّ إِنَّ کُلَّ عَامِلٍ قَدْ أَصَابَ أَجْرَ عَمَلِهِ إِلَّا عَامِلِی فَبَلِّغْ بِهِ کَرِیمَ عَطَایَاکَ فَیَکْسُوهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حُلَّتَیْنِ مِنْ حُلَلِ الْجَنَّهِ وَ یُوضَعُ عَلَی رَأْسِهِ تَاجُ الْکَرَامَهِ ثُمَّ یُقَالُ لَهُ هَلْ أَرْضَیْنَاکَ فِیهِ فَیَقُولُ الْقُرْآنُ یَا رَبِّ قَدْ کُنْتُ أَرْغَبُ لَهُ فِیمَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ فَیُعْطَی الْأَمْنَ بِیَمِینِهِ وَ الْخُلْدَ بِیَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ یَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّهَ فَیُقَالُ لَهُ اقْرَأْ آیَهً وَ اصْعَدْ دَرَجَهً ثُمَّ یُقَالُ لَهُ بَلَّغْنَا بِهِ وَ أَرْضَیْنَاکَ فِیهِ فَیَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَ مَنْ قَرَأَ کَثِیراً وَ تَعَاهَدَهُ مِنْ شِدَّهِ حِفْظِهِ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ أَجْرَ هَذَا مَرَّتَیْنِ.
1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Abdillah b. Ja’far al-Himyari from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Isa from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Malik b. ’Atiyyah from Minhal al-Qassab from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “If a youth among believers recites the Holy Quran it gets mixed in his flesh and blood. The Almighty Allah would keep him with virtuous and honored angels and the Holy Quran would act as a shield against the fire of Hell for him on the Day of Judgment. The Holy Quran would say, ‘People who acted upon anything except me have got their result. O Allah! You give the best rewards to these people’. Allah would make the reciter of the Holy Quran wear two dresses of Paradise and keep the crown of honor on his head. Allah would tell the Holy Quran, ‘Are you satisfied now?’ It would reply, ‘I desire a better reward’. Now Allah would grant peace from right and an eternal Paradise from left and then make him enter Paradise. He would be told in Paradise, ‘Go on reciting a verse of the Holy Quran and your position will go on increasing by one level for each of them’. Then the Holy Quran would be addressed, ‘Are you pleased now?’ The Holy Quran would say, ‘Yes my Lord!’” Imam (a.s.) says that one who recites the Holy Quran much and is regular in it, the Almighty Allah would grant him this reward twice.
Rewards
Reward of reciting the Holy Quran in Salaat, apart from it, sitting and standing
حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَیْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ قَائِماً فِی صَلَاتِهِ کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِکُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِائَهَ حَسَنَهٍ وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهُ فِی صَلَاتِهِ جَالِساً کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِکُلِّ حَرْفٍ خَمْسِینَ حَسَنَهً وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهُ فِی غَیْرِ صَلَاتِهِ کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِکُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ.
1. It was narrated to me by Ja’far b. Muhammad b. Masruq who said it was narrated to me by al-Hassan b. Muhammad b. ’Amir from his uncle Abdillah b. ’Amir from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Abdillah b. Sulayman from Abi Ja’far (a.s.) who said: “One who recites the Holy Quran while standing in Salaat, Allah would grant him one hundred rewards for each alphabet and if a person recites the Holy Quran while sitting in Salaat, Allah would grant him fifty rewards for each alphabet. One who recites the Holy Quran apart from Salaat, Allah would grant him ten rewards for each letter.”
