 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ السَّعْدَآبَادِیُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ الْجَوْهَرِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی بَصِیرٍ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: لَأَنْ أَحُجَّ حِجَّهً أَحَبُّ إِلَیَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ رَقَبَهً حَتَّی انْتَهَی إِلَی عَشَرَهٍ وَ مِثْلِهَا وَ مِثْلِهَا حَتَّی انْتَهَی إِلَی سَبْعِینَ وَ لَأَنْ أَعُولَ أَهْلَ بَیْتٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِینَ وَ أُشْبِعَ جَوْعَتَهُمْ وَ أَکْسُوَ عَوْرَتَهُمْ وَ أَکُفَّ وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنِ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَیَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحُجَّ حِجَّهً وَ حِجَّهً وَ حِجَّهً حَتَّی انْتَهَی إِلَی عَشَرَهٍ وَ مِثْلِهَا وَ مِثْلِهَا حَتَّی انْتَهَی إِلَی سَبْعِینَ.
13. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Ali b. al-Hussain al-Sa’dabadi from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from his father from Khalaf b. Hamad from Ismail al-Jawahiri from Abi Basir from Abi Ja’far  who said: “I like to feed a Muslim family, clothe them and safeguard their honor instead of going for a Hajj.” Then he went on increasing the number of Hajj by one comparing them with care of a family till he reached ten. Further he increased the number of Hajj in multiples of ten comparing them with care of a family till he reached seventy.