8. Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isam رضي الله عنه said: Muhammad ibn `Ya`qub al-Kulayni said: `Ali ibn Muhammad said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sulayman, on the authority Isma`il ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Ja`far ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi, on the authority of alHusayn ibn `Ulwan, on the authority of `Amr ibn Khalid, on the authority of Zayd ibn `Ali عليه السلام that I asked my father the master of the worshippers [Sayyid al-`Abidin] عليه السلام: O father! Inform me about when our grandfather the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ascended to heaven to meet His Lord, the Mighty and High, and He commanded him to complete fifty daily prayers. Why did he not ask for any relief for his Ummah, until Musa son of `Imran عليه السلام said to him to go back to his Lord and ask for relief as your Ummah does not have the strength for that? Thus, he عليه السلام answered, O son! Verily, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was not going to suggest anything to his Lord, the Mighty and High, nor reconsider anything He had commanded him to so. Therefore, when Musa عليه السلام asked him to do so, he had interceded for his Ummah to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم; it did not suffice for him to reject the intercession of his brother Musa عليه السلام. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم returned to his Lord, the Mighty and High, and asked him for relief until He lowered the obligation to five daily prayers. He says, I then asked: “O father! Then why did he not return to his Lord, the Mighty and High, and ask Him for relief from five daily prayers?” He عليه السلام therefore, replied, O son! He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم intended to relieve his Ummah by means of the word of Allah, the Mighty and High: “Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it.” Do you not see that when he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم descended to the Earth, Jibra`il عليه السلام revealed to him: “O Muhammad! Verily, your Lord sends you His Greetings, and says: They are five for fifty, My word shall not be changed, nor am I in the least unjust to the servants.” He says: then I asked, “O father! Did Allah, the Exalted, not mention that He cannot be described in terms of space?” So he عليه السلام responded, “Of course, exalted is Allah from that.” Therefore, I asked, “Then what is the meaning of the word of Musaعليه السلام to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم: `Go back to your Lord?’” Thus, he عليه السلام replied, The meaning of this is the same as the Word of Ibrahim عليه السلام: Surely I fly to my Lord; He will guide me, and the word of Musa عليه السلام: And I hastened on to Thee, my Lord, that Thou might be pleased, and His Word, the Mighty and High: Therefore fly to Allah. This means pilgrimage to the House of Allah. O son! Verily, the Ka`bah is House of Allah; therefore, whoever makes pilgrimage to the House of Allah ahs endeavored to reach Allah. The mosque are House of Allah; therefore, whoever proceeds to them has proceeded to Allah, and endeavored to visit Him. The praying person, so long as he is prayer, is standing before Allah, Lofty be His Majesty. The people staying in the planes of `Arafat are standing before Allah, the Mighty and High. Verily, for Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, are places in His Heavens, whoever is ascended to them is ascended to Him. Do you not hear Allah, the Mighty and High, that To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit, and He, the Mighty and High, says: To Him do ascend the good words: and the good deeds, lift them up.