Hawzah News Agency – There are narrations from the infallible Imams (a) indicating the merits of visiting the Shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a). Imam al-Sadiq (a) is reported to have said: Allah has a holy site which is Mecca and the Prophet Muhammad (s) has a holy site which is Medina, Imam 'Ali (a) has a holy site which is Kufa(Najaf) and we, Ahl al-Bayt (a), have a holy site which is Qom.

In another narration Imam al-Sadiq (a) is quoted as saying: "There will pass away in Qom a lady of my descendants known as Fatima, by whose intercession our Shi'as will enter the heaven."

According to another narration, entering Paradise has been promised as the reward for visiting the Shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a).

Imam al-Rida (a) is reported to have said, "Whoever visits her, it is as if he has visited me" or in another account: "Whoever visits her will enter Paradise." Imam al-Jawad (a) said: whoever visits the Shrine of my aunt, Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a), in Qom, with the love and knowledge of her true position, will be among the inhabitants of the Paradise.