2. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: I was told by Muhammed bin Yahya, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from al-‘Ubaydi, from Muhammed bin Sulayman al-Basri, from Hussain bin Umar, that he said:

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: A man bequeathed to me (that I should spend his property) for the Path. He said: So he said to me: Spend it in pilgrimage. He said: I said: Indeed, he bequeathed to me for the Path. He said: Spend it in pilgrimage, for indeed, I do not know of a path from His Paths better than pilgrimage.