2. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Muhammad ibn Ali in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “He (the Imam) has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, informed Ali , as follows. ‘O Ali, whoever visits me during my life time or after my death, visits you during your lifetime or after your death, or visits anyone of your two sons during their lifetime or after their death, I guarantee him on the Day of Judgment freedom from its horrors and sufferings until I keep him with me at my position.’”

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Hamdan ibn Sulayman from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Yemaniy from Mani‘ ibn al- Hajjaj from Yunus ibn Wahab al-Qasriy who has said the following: “I once entered al-Madinah, visited abu ‘Abd Allah , and said to him, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, I have come to you but I have not visited ’Amir al- Mu’minin.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You have done a bad thing. Were you not one of our followers, I would not have looked at you. Why should you not visit one whom Allah along with the angels visit, the prophets and believers visit?’ I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, I did not know that.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must take notice that ’Amir al-Mu’minin is more excellent before Allah than all of ’A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam. For him is the reward for their deeds and the degree of excellence is according to the measure of their deeds.’”