ميثم

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Go to the Ziyārah of Karbalā and do not abandon it, for verily the best of the sons of the prophets is buried in it. Verily the angels went to the Ziyārah of Karbalā one thousand years before my grandfather, Ḥusain (a.s.), dwelled in it and not one night passes in which Jibrā`īl and Mīkā`īl do not go to his Ziyārah. O Yaḥyā! Strive hard to go to that land.

I heard Maytham al Tammar (qr) say: By Allah! This nation will kill the son of its Prophet in Muharram, when ten days have passed from it. The enemies of Allah shall take that day to be a day of blessing, and it shall be. Its mention has preceded [its occurrence] in the knowledge of Allah. I know that due to the knowledge vested in my Master, Amir al-Mu’minin (as) and he has informed me that everything shall weep over him – even the wild beasts in the deserts, the fish in the seas, the birds [suspended] in the middle of the sky. The Sun, the Moon, the stars, the heaven, the Earth, the believing men and jinn, all of the angels of the heavens, Ridwan and Malik and the bearers of the Throne shall weep over him, and heaven shall rain blood and ashes. Then, he said: Allah has made the damnation of the murderer of Husayn (as) obligatory just as He made [His damnation] obligatory on the pagans, those who appointed another god with Allah, the Jews, the Christians, and the Zoroastrians. Jabala said: Then I said to him: O Maytham! How will the people take that day on which Husayn b. `Ali (as) shall be killed to be a day of blessing?! Maytham (ra) wept and said: People will claim through a hadith which they have invented that it is the day on which Allah forgave Adam (as) while He forgave Adam (as) in Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah accepted the repentance of Dawud (as) while He accepted his repentance in Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah brought forth Yunus (as) from the belly of the whale while Allah brought him forth from the belly of the whale in Dhu’l Qi`dah. And they claim that it is the day on which the Ark of Nuh (as) came to a rest on Mount Judi while it came to a rest on Mount Judi on the eighteenth day of Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah split open the sea for the Children of Israel while that was in Rabi` al-Awwal. Then Maytham said: O Jabala! Know that Husayn b. `Ali (as) is the Master of the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection and his companions are a degree above the rest of the martyrs. O Jabala! When you see the Sun [turn] red as if it was fresh blood, then know that your master, Husayn, has been killed. Jabala said: I went out one day and I saw the Sun upon the walls (i.e. its rays) as if it were a blanket dyed in safflower. So, I shrieked at that time and wept, and I said: By Allah! Surely, our Master Husayn b. `Ali (as) has been killed!