The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on the Fifteenth of Sha’bān

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: On the fifteenth of Sha’bān, a caller calls out from the highest horizon: O those who have come to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.)! Return forgiven and your rewards will be given (to you) by Allāh, your Lord, and by Muḥammad (s.a.a.w.), your Prophet.

‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Those who would like one hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets to shake their hand, should go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Abī ‘Abdillāh, Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.), on the fifteenth of Sha’bān. Verily the souls of the prophets (a.s.), including the five ULUL ‘AZM Messengers, ask permission from Allāh (on that day) to go to his Ziyārah and they will be granted permission. We asked, “Who are the five Ulul ‘Azm (prophets)?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Nūḥ, Ibrāhīm, Mūsā, ‘Isā (a.s.), and Muḥammad (s.a.a.w.).” We asked, “What does Ulul ‘Azm mean?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “They (are the prophets who) were sent to the east and the west of the earth and to (all of) Jinn and mankind.” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father and all of my scholars, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali Al-Zaytūni, and from others, from Aḥmad ibn Hilāl, from Muḥammad ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥammād ibn ‘Uthmān, from Abī Basīr, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)).

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: On the fifteenth of Sha’bān, a caller calls out from the highest horizon: O those who have come to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.)! Return forgiven and your rewards will be given (to you) by your Lord and by Muḥammad (s.a.a.w.), your Prophet.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (s.a.a.w.)) said: The sins of those who go to the Ziyārah of Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Ḥusain (a.s.)) on the fifteenth of Sha’bān for three consecutive years without a break will be forgiven.

Imam Bāqir (a.s.) said: The sins of those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the fifteenth of Sha’bān will be forgiven and no bad deeds will be registered for them in that year. And if they go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) again (on the fifteenth of Sha’bān of) the next year, Allāh will forgive all of their sins.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will forgive all of the past and future sins of those who go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) on one of three nights. I asked, “May I sacrifice myself for you! What are the three nights?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “The night of Fiťr, the night of Aďḥā, and the night of the fifteenth of Sha’bān.”

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will register one thousand purified Hajj and one thousand accepted ‘Umrah and will grant one thousand requests pertaining to this life and the Hereafter for those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the night of the fifteenth of Sha’bān, on the night of Fiťr, and on the night of ‘Arafah all in the same year.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will dedicate two angels to those who spend the night of the fifteenth of Sha’bān in Karbalā and who do the following: Recite (the chapter of) “Qul Huwa Allāh” one thousand times, seek forgiveness from Allāh one thousand times, praise Allāh one thousand times, and then establish four Rak’ah of Salāt by reciting “Āyatul Kursī” one thousand times in each Rak’ah (after reciting Chapter Al-Ḥamd). The two angels will protect them from any harm and from the evil of every Shayťān and every ruler. They will only register their good deeds and no bad deeds will be registered for them. The two angels will (continuously) seek forgiveness for them as long as they are with them.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will forgive all of the past and future sins of those who go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the fifteenth of Sha’bān.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: O Yūnus! Allāh will forgive all of the past and future sins of the believers who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the night of the fifteenth of Sha’bān and they will be told, “Go toward (committing) good deeds.” I said, “All of this (will be registered) for those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the fifteenth of Sha’bān?!” Imam (a.s.) replied, “O Yūnus! If I tell people about that which will be given to those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on this night, they would travel riding on wood (placed on the back of saddleless camels) to go to him.”

Ja’far ibn Muḥammad (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will forgive the past and future sins of those who go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the night of the fifteenth of Sha’bān. Allāh will register the reward of one thousand accepted Hajj and one thousand purified ‘Umrah for those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the Day of ‘Arafah. Those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) on the Day of ‘Āshūrā, it is as if they have gone to the Ziyārah of Allāh on top of His Throne.