Neglecting the Ziyārah of the Grave of Ĥusain — Hadith 10

10. My father and all of my scholars narrated to me from Sa’d, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā ibn ‘Ubayd, from Muḥammad ibn Nājiyah, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Ali, from ‘Āmir ibn Kuthayr Al-Sarrāj Al-Nahadi, from Abil Jārūd, who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a. s. )) asked me, “What is the distance between you and the grave of Ḥusain (a. s. )? ” I replied, “One day of riding or over one day of walking. ” Imam (a. s. ) asked, “Do you go to him once every week? ” I replied, “No. I only go to him once in a while. ” Imam (a. s. ) said, “How negligent you people are! ! ! Verily if it was (this) close to us we would have migrated to live next to him. ” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: All of my scholars, from Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, from Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, from Muḥammad ibn Nājiyah, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Ali, from ‘Āmir ibn Kuthayr Al-Nahadi Al-Sarrāj, from Abil Jārūd, from Abī Ja’far (a. s. ).