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Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was (also) conceived illegitimately.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The heavens turned red for one year when Ḥusain (a.s.) was killed. The same thing happened when Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was killed. The redness of the heavens is how it weeps.

"Visit Karbala and do not cut it off, for among the best offspring of the prophets, it has been included. Indeed, the angels visited Karbala a thousand years before my grandfather Husayn (AS) settled in it. And there is no night that passes except that Gabriel and Michael visit it. So strive, O Yahya, not to be deprived of that place."

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: The killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was (also) conceived illegitimately. When Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was killed, the heavens turned red for one year. The heavens and the earth have (only) wept over Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.), and the heavens weep by becoming red.

He said to me: O Abu `Imarah! Recite [an elegy] about al-Husayn b. `Ali (as). He said: So, I recited it and he wept. Then I recited [again] and he wept. He said: By Allah! I had not ceased to recite it and make him weep until I heard the lamentation from the house. He said: So, he said to me: O Abu `Imarah! Whoever recites about al-Husayn b. `Ali (as) and makes fifty people weep, for him is Paradise. And whoever recites poetry about al-Husayn and makes thirty people weep, for him is Paradise. And whoever recites about al-Husayn and makes twenty people weep, for him is Paradise. And whoever recites about al-Husayn and makes ten people weep, for him is Paradise. And whoever recites about al-Husayn and makes a single person weep, for him is Paradise. And whoever recites about al-Husayn and weeps, for him is Paradise. And whoever recites about al-Husayn and feigns crying, for him is Paradise.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The heavens have never wept over anyone other than Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.).

Ja’far ibn Muḥammad (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The heavens have never wept over anyone other than Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) and Ḥusain (a.s.).

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: There is a graveyard close to you which is called Burāthā. One hundred and twenty thousand martyrs like the martyrs of Badr will be resurrected from this graveyard.

Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) said: I swear to He who has the life of Ḥusain in His Hand, that the Banī Umayyah will kill me and they will not be satisfied with their government until they kill me. Verily if they kill me, the people will never be able to pray in congregation nor will they ever be able to spend ZAKĀT (charity) in the way of Allāh again. Verily my family and I are the first ones killed by this nation. I swear to He who has the life of Ḥusain in His Hand that the Day of Judgment will not come as long as there is even one man from the Banī Hāshim who is enjoying his life. 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 Yaḥyā Al-Khazzāz, from Ťalḥah (ibn Zayd), from Ja’far (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), from his father (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)), from his grandfather (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)), from Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.).

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The killer of Ḥusain (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was (also) conceived illegitimately.

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said: There is a position in Hell that no one deserves except the killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and the killer of Yahyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.).

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Ḥusain (a.s.) led the (Fajr) prayer for his companions on the day on which they were assaulted and then said, “O people! I testify that permission has been granted for you to be killed, so fear Allāh and remain patient.”

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: The heavens never wept over anyone after Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) until Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was killed. And when he (Ḥusain (a.s.)) was killed, the heavens wept over him for forty days.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: ‘Abdullāh ibn Zubayr told Ḥusain (a.s.) to come to Makkah and (seek refuge) in the Ḥaram but Ḥusain (a.s.) said, “We will not breach its sanctity (by remaining in the Ḥaram) and we will not allow its sanctity to be breached (by) being killed in it. Verily I prefer to be killed on a mound with red dust than being killed in the Ḥaram.”

The heavens never wept over anyone after the killing of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) until Ḥusain (a.s.) was killed. And when he was killed, the heavens wept over him (also).”

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The heavens and the earth wept over the killing of Ḥusain (a.s.) and they turned red. They have never wept over anyone except for Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) and Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.). The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Wuhayb ibn Ḥafs Al-Naḥḥās, from Abī Basīr, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).

Whenever Ḥusain (a.s.) was mentioned in front of Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) during the day, he would not be seen smiling until nightfall. Imam (a.s.) used to say, “Ḥusain (a.s.) is the tear of every believer!”

I and Fatima and al-Hasan and al-Husayn were with the Messenger of Allah when he turned his face towards us and started weeping. I said: Why do you weep, O Messenger of Allah? He said: I weep because of what shall be done to you after me. I said: And what is that, O Messenger of Allah? He said: I weep over the strike on you on the side of your head and the slapping of Fatima on her cheek and the stabbing of al-Hasan in the thigh and the poison which he will be given to drink and the killing of al-Husayn. He said: So, the Ahl al-Bayt all wept together. Then, I said: O Messenger of Allah! Our Lord did not create us save for trial. He said: Rejoice, O `Ali, for Allah has confided in me that none shall love you save a believer and none shall hold malice for you save a hypocrite.

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: Allāh, the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. Therefore, it was blessed and sanctified before the creation of any created being and it will remain this way. And Allāh will make it the best land in Paradise. It will be the best abode in Paradise in which Allāh will make His friends abide. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, my brother and ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain, from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Ali, from Abī Sa’īd ‘Abbād Al-‘Usfuri, from Abil Miqdām ‘Amr ibn Thābit, from his father, from Abī Ja’far (a.s.).

‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said, “The heavens have never wept over anyone since the day they were created except for Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) and Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.).” I asked, “How did the heavens weep?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “If you would have faced (the wind) with a garment, you would have seen something similar to a red mist of blood on it.”