The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on Any Day Other than an Eid and the Day of ‘Arafah

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will register twenty purified and accepted Hajj and ‘Umrah and the reward of (fighting in) twenty battles with one of Allāh’s messengers or with a Just Imam for any believer who goes to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) knowing his rights on any day other than an Eid and the Day of ‘Arafah. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl ibn Bazī’, from Sāliḥ ibn ‘Uqbah, from Bashīr Al-Dahhān, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).

I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “What is the reward for those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) every month?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “They will earn the reward of one hundred thousand martyrs like the martyrs of (the Battle of) Badr.”

I said to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “Sometimes I miss (the opportunity to go to) Hajj so I go and spend the Day of ‘Arafah next to the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) instead.” Imam (a.s.) said: Well done, O Bashīr! Verily Allāh will register twenty purified and accepted Hajj and ‘Umrah and the reward of (fighting in) twenty battles with one of Allāh’s messengers or with a Just Imam for any believer who goes to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) knowing his rights on any day other than an Eid and the Day of ‘Arafah. Anyone who goes to him (Ḥusain) on an Eid day…