44. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Umar ibn Hafs from Sa‘id ibn Yasar who has said the following:

“During one of the evenings when we were in Mina, abu ‘Abd Allah , encouraging and urging me to perform al-Hajj, said, ‘O Sa‘id, there is a servant of Allah to whom Allah has granted sustenance from His wealth. He takes from such sustenance the expenditures for himself and his family and then takes them on a journey, exposing them to hot sun until they attend the evening of ‘Arafah to attend the staying place and rest there. Do you not think that there a vacancy may exist for which there is no one to attend?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, that can happen.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘This servant of Allah brings them exposed to the hot sun to fill up that vacancy. Allah, the most Blessed, the most High, who has no partners, then says, ‘My servant whom I had granted sustenance out of My wealth, has taken that sustenance for his expenditures. He has exposed his own self and family to the hot sun to come and fill the vacancy for the sake of seeking forgiveness from Me. I forgive his sins, suffice him in whatever is important to him, and grant him sustenance.’ Sa‘id has said, ‘He (the Imam) mentioned such things up to ten in number.’”