٩ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (ع) أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ رَجُلٌ يَأْتِي مَكَّةَ وَ لَا يَأْتِي الْمَدِينَةَ أَوْ رَجُلٌ يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ وَ لَا يَأْتِي مَكَّةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَقُولُونَ أَنْتُمْ قُلْتُ نَحْنُ نَقُولُ فِي الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَكَيْفَ فِي النَّبِيِّ (ص) قَالَ أَمَا لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ شَهِدَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) عِيداً بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَانْصَرَفَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (ص) فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِمَنْ حَضَرَهُ أَمَا لَقَدْ فُضِّلْنَا أَهْلَ الْبُلْدَانِ كُلَّهُمْ مَكَّةَ فَمَنْ دُونَهَا لِسَلَامِنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص
9. Ĥusain ibn Muĥammad ibn ‘Āmir narrated to me from Mu’allā ibn Muĥammad Al-Bašri, from ‘Ali ibn Asbāť, from Ĥasan ibn Jahm, who said: I asked Abal Ĥasan (Imam Riďā ), “Which one is better: going to Makkah but not going to Madǐnah or going to (the Ziyārah of) the Prophet ﷺ but not going to Makkah?” Imam  said, “What do you think?” I said, “We believe that (even going to the Ziyārah of) Ĥusain  is better (than going to Makkah), let alone (going to the Ziyārah of) the Prophet ﷺ.” Imam  said: Now that you said this, then know that one Eid day when Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šadiq ) was in Madǐnah, he went to (the grave of) the Prophet ﷺ and said Salām to him. He told those who were with him, “Verily we have been elevated above all people in every land including Makkah and every other city for having said Salām to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.”