Cursing of the Pigeons on the Killers of Ĥusain (a.s.)

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Choose pigeons as birds in your houses, for verily they curse the killers of Ḥusain (a.s.).

I was sitting in the house of Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) and I saw a pigeon who was cooing for a long time. Then Abū ‘Abdillāh (a.s.) looked at me and asked, “O Dāwūd! Do you know what this bird is saying?” I…