٣ قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرَّازِيُّ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْوَهْوِرْدِيِّ بِنَيْشَابُورَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَ ذَكَرَ فِي آخِرِهِ غَيْرَ مَا مَضَى فِي الْحَدِيثَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَيْنِ أَحْبَبْتُ شَرْحَهُ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ لِأَنَّهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَهْوِرْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ (ع) وَ هُوَ مَحْمُومٌ عَلِيلٌ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ ابْعَثْ رَجُلًا مِنْ مَوَالِينَا إِلَى الْحَائِرِ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ لِي فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ بِلَالٍ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ مَا قَالَ لِي وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ فَقَالَ السَّمْعَ وَ الطَّاعَةَ وَ لَكِنَّنِي أَقُولُ- إِنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْحَائِرِ إِذْ كَانَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَنْ فِي الْحَائِرِ وَ دُعَاؤُهُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُ بِالْحَائِرِ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ (ع) مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي قُلْ لَهُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَ الْحَجَرِ وَ كَانَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَ يَسْتَلِمُ الْحَجَرَ وَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى بِقَاعاً يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُدْعَى فِيهَا فَيَسْتَجِيبَ لِمَنْ دَعَاهُ وَ الْحَائِرُ مِنْهَا
3. Ĥusain ibn Aĥmad ibn Mughǐrah (the student of the author) added the following: Abū Muĥammad Ĥasan ibn Aĥmad ibn ‘Ali Al-Rāzi Al-Wahwardi narrated to me in Nayshābūr, from Abǐ ‘Ali Muĥammad ibn Hammām, from Muĥammad Al-Ĥimyari, from Abǐ Hāshim Al-Ja’fari, who said: I went to visit Abal Ĥasan, ‘Ali ibn Muĥammad (Imam Hādi ), when he was ill and suffering from fever. The Imam  said to me, “O Abā Hāshim! Send a man from among our followers to the Ĥā`ir to pray for me (to be cured).” When I left the Imam , I met ‘Ali ibn Bilāl and I informed him of the Imam’s order and asked him to be the one to go to the Ĥā`ir. He replied, “I am at his command. However, the Imam  is more sacred than the Ĥā`ir because he has the same rank as the one in the Ĥā`ir and it is more effective if he prays for himself than if I pray for him in the Ĥā`ir.” I informed the Imam  about that which ‘Ali ibn Bilāl had said. The Imam  said to me: Tell him that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is more sacred than the House (of Allāh) and the Ĥajar but he used to circulate the House (of Allāh) and touch the Ĥajar. Verily, there are places in which Allāh, the Exalted, loves to be called upon and He answers the call of those who call upon Him (in those places), and the Ĥā`ir is one of those places.