Note 152
From Chapter 50 of the Decline & Fall

Al Jannabi enumerates (Vie de Mahomet, tom. iii. p. 372 - 391) the multifarious duties of a pilgrim who visits the tombs of the prophet and his companions; and the learned casuist decides, that this act of devotion is nearest in obligation and merit to a divine precept. The doctors are divided which, of Mecca or Medina, be the most excellent, (p. 391 - 394.)

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