Meritsفضیلت

Be it known to you that it is confirmedly recommended for everybody, especially the undertakers of hajj (hujjaj), to have the honor to visit the pure paradise and the luminous shrine of the glory of all ages, our master, the chief of all Messengers, Muhammad the son of Abdullah (s). Of course, to shun visiting his holy tomb will be considered aversion on the Resurrection Day.

Shaykh Saduq has reported Imam Sadiq (a) as saying, “If you go on hajj, you should seal it with visiting our tombs. To visit our tombs is the completion of the hajj.”

Imam Ali Amir al-Mu’minin (a) is also reported as saying, “Accomplish your hajj with visiting (the tomb of) the Holy Prophet. To shun it after the hajj is aversion. You are ordered to do so. Accomplish your hajj with visiting the tombs that Almighty Allah has ordered you to honor and to visit. You should pray for sustenance thereat.”

It has been also narrated that Abul-Salt Harawi asked Imam Reza (a) to explain to him the Hadith (ie. tradition) involving that the believers will visit their Lord while they will be in their houses in Paradise. Imam Reza (a) answered, “Listen, Abul-Salt! Certainly, Almighty Allah has preferred His Prophet Muhammad (s) to all His creatures, including the Prophets and the angels. He has also decided that to obey the Prophet is to obey Him, to swear allegiance to the Prophet is to swear allegiance to Him, and to visit the Prophet is to visit Him. In this respect, He says, ‘He who obeys the Messenger obeys Allah. 4:80’ ‘Verily, those who plight their fealty to you do no less than plight their fealty to Allah. 48:10’ The Holy Prophet (s) has said, ‘He who visits me during my lifetime or after my death will have visited Almighty Allah… etc.’”

In Qurb al-Isnad, Himyari (the author) has narrated that Imam Sadiq (a) reported the Holy Prophet (s) as saying, “On the Resurrection Day, I will intercede for those who visit me in my lifetime or after my death.”

Another Hadith reads that Imam Sadiq (a), once, attended the tomb of the Holy Prophet (s) and greeted him. He then said, “Verily, we (people of Madina) have been preferred to all other cities, including Makkah, that we can send greeting to the Messenger of Allah (from his tomb).”

In Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Shaykh Tusi has narrated on the authority of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik on the authority of his father on the authority of his grandfather that he, once, visited Lady Fatima Zahra (a) who greeted him first and then asked him about the reason of his visit. “I just seek blessings,” answered he. She said, “My father has informed me that Almighty Allah will decide Paradise for one who greets him and me for three consecutive days.” “Does this mean to greet you and him during your lifetimes?” asked he. She answered, “Yes, and also after our death.”

Offer prayers in the Holy Prophet’s Mosque as many times as you can, because one prayer at this place is equal, in reward, to 10000 prayers elsewhere. The best area in this mosque is Masjid al-Rawzah, which is situated between the holy tomb and the minbar.

Al-Tahiyyah, says that the areas where the bodies of the Holy Prophet and the Holy Imams are buried are more honorable than the Holy Ka’bah. This fact has been unanimously adopted by all scholars, as is stated by Shahid al-Awwal (the First Martyr) in his book entitled al-Qawa’id wal-Fawa’id.

As much as you can, you are recommended to visit the tombs of the Holy Prophet and Imams at Baqi Cemetery every day. Whenever your sight falls on his chamber, invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet (s). As long as you are at Madina, watch yourself against committing any ill deed and save yourself from acts of disobedience to Almighty Allah and wrongdoings. Besides, ponder over the honor of this city in general and the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in particular, for these places are the footsteps of the Holy Prophet (s) who frequently walked in the streets and market-places of this city and offered prayers in its mosques. They are also the places of the Divine Revelation where Archangel Gabriel, used to visit.

You are also recommended to give alms, especially to Sayyids and to the descendants of the Holy Prophet (s), as much as you can at Madina in general and at the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in particular, for this act brings about enormous rewards and great returns.

Allamah Majlisi, according to an authorized narration, said, “A single dirham (silver old currency) that is given as alms at Madinah is equal (in reward) to 10000 dirhams that are given as alms at other places.”

From the book of Misbah al-Anwar, Allamah Majlisi has reported Lady Fatima Zahra (s) as saying, “My father said to me: If one invokes Almighty Allah’s blessings upon you, Almighty Allah will forgive him and will join him to me in Paradise wherever I am.”

When you go to Medina, first perform the Ghusl for Ziyarat, wear clean and pure clothes and apply perfume.