Excellence of Tawaf

“Once a man came to see Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), and he (the Imam) asked him, ’Have you come to perform al-Hajj?’ He replied, ‘Yes, I intend to do so. He (the Imam) asked, ‘Do you know what the reward for al-Hajj is?’…

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that my father would say, ‘For one who performs Tawaf around this House seven times and performs two Rak‘at salat (prayer), anywhere in the Masjid al- Haram (the Sacred Masjid), Allah…

“I once visited the virtuous servant of Allah to ask him a great many questions. When I saw him, his words impressed me a great deal. I requested him to allow me to hold his hand or his foot to kiss. He allowed me to…