مّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أهْلِ الرَّيّ: أيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ زُرْتُ الحُسَيْنَ علیه السلام ، قالَ: أمّا إنّكَ لَوْ زُرْتَ قَبْرَ عَبْدِ العَظيمِ عِنْدَكُمْ لَكُنْتَ كَمَنْ زارَ الحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ علیه السلام .
A person from Rey visited Imām Hādī (p.b.u.h.).Where were you? the Imām asked him. He replied, I have been [to Karbalā] on pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Huseyn (p.b.u.h.)". Imām said, "If you visit the holy shrine of ‘Abd al-‘Azīm in your own city, you will be rewarded just like a person who has visited Imām Huseyn (p.b.u.h.).