1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from Ibrahim ibn Shaybah who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu Ja‘far , asking him about performing salat (prayer) in complete form in the two sacred places. He (the Imam) wrote back for me,

‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, liked to perform a great deal of salat (prayer) in the two sacred places. You should also do so, that is, you should perform in complete form.’”