٩ حَدَّثَنِي حَكِيمُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ [يَزْدَادَ] قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ ضَرَبْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِي ذَهَباً وَ فِضَّةً وَ بِعْتُ ضِيَاعِي فَقُلْتُ أَنْزِلُ مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ جَهْرَةً قَالَ فَفِي حَرَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) قَالَ هُمْ شَرٌّ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ أَنْزِلُ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالْعِرَاقِ الْكُوفَةِ فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ مِنْهَا عَلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مِيلًا هَكَذَا وَ هَكَذَا- وَ إِلَى جَانِبِهَا قَبْرٌ مَا أَتَاهُ مَكْرُوبٌ قَطُّ وَ لَا مَلْهُوفٌ إِلَّا فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
9. Ĥukaym ibn Dāwūd ibn Ĥukaym narrated to me from Salamah ibn Khaťťāb, from Ibrāhǐm ibn Muĥammad, from ‘Ali ibn Mu’allā, from Isĥāq ibn Ziyād, who said: A man came to Abǐ ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šādiq ) and said, “I have sold all of my belongings and properties and I am thinking of moving to Makkah.” Imam  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 ﷺ (Madǐnah)?” Imam  replied, “The people there are even worse than the people of Makkah.” The man asked, “Then where should I move to?” Imam  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.”