The Ziyārah of Ĥusain Removes One’s Grief and Fulfills Requests — Hadith 9

9. Ḥukaym ibn Dāwūd ibn Ḥukaym narrated to me from Salamah ibn Khaťťāb, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, from ‘Ali ibn Mu’allā, from Isḥāq ibn Ziyād, who said: A man came to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a. s. )) and said, “I have sold all of my belongings and properties and I am thinking of moving to Makkah. ” Imam (a. s. ) said, “Do not do that because the people of Makkah disbelieve in Allāh publicly. ” The man asked, “What about the city of the Messenger of Allāh (s. a. a. w. ) (Madīnah)? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “The people there are even worse than the people of Makkah. ” The man asked, “Then where should I move to? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “Go to Kūfah in Iraq, for verily the blessings of that land span a twelve mile radius and there is a grave in its proximity which is not visited by any anguished and grieved person without Allāh relieving him from his anguish and grief. ”