محمد بن جعفر الرزاز

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) said, “I am the Martyr of Tears.”

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) and do not be disinclined to it. Verily he is the Master of the Youth of Paradise from among the creation and he is the Master of the Martyrs.

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: Make the first thing which is rubbed on the palate of your (newborn) babies the clay of (the grave of) Ḥusain (a.s.), for verily it is protection.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Verily owls fast during the day and after they break their fast, they are extremely bewildered with grief over Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) until morning.

“I once asked al-‘Askariy, Alayhi al-Salam, in al-Madinah about the case of a man who has made a will to spend in the way of Allah. He (the Imam) said, ‘In the way of Allah is our Shi ’ah (followers).”’

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: There are four thousand angels who are disheveled and covered with dust, and they cry over Ḥusain (a.s.) (and will continue to do so) until the Day of Judgment.

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.).

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: Verily (the reward for going to) the Ziyārah of the grave of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) is equal to performing a purified Hajj with the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.).

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Verily the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) is the best of deeds.

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.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you hold a slave or stumper as al-Rahn (security deposit) and they die; there is nothing upon you, but if the stumper is destroyed or the slave runs away you are responsible for it.’”

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said, “Women are the light of my eyes and Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a.s.) are my two flowers.”

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh has dedicated an angel (named Mansūr) along with four thousand angels to Ḥusain (a.s.). They cry over him and seek forgiveness for those who go to his Ziyārah and pray for them.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Verily the Zā`ir of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) is the Zā`ir of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.).

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) asked me, “O Um Sa’īd! Do you go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.)?” I replied, “Yes.” Imam (a.s.) said, “Go to his Ziyārah, for verily going to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) is WĀJIB (mandatory) on both men and women.”

Abul Ḥasan, Mūsā ibn Ja’far (Imam Kāżim (a.s.)) said: The minimum reward for those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) by the shores of the Euphrates (River), while knowing his rights and believing in his sanctity and Wilāyah, is that all of their past and future sins will be forgiven.

I heard Abal Ḥasan the First (Imam Kāżim (a.s.)) say: Those who cannot come to our Ziyārah should go to the Ziyārah of our righteous followers so that the reward for coming to our Ziyārah is registered for them. And those who cannot connect with us (directly) should connect with our righteous followers so that the reward for connecting with us is registered for them.

I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) about the location of the grave of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.). He described that it was located in the land of the hardened sands. I went to the described location and established prayers there. The following year, I went back to the Imam (a.s.) and informed him that I had gone to the described location and had prayed there. He told me that I had found the correct location. For twenty years thereafter, I used to go to that described location every year and establish prayers next to it.

‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: Verily Ḥusain (a.s.) will be killed (viciously). Verily I know the dust of the land on which he will be killed. (It is) the land which is close to the two rivers. 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 Nasr ibn Muzāḥim, from ‘Amr ibn Sa’īd, from Yazīd ibn Isḥāq, from Hāni ibn Hāni, from the Commander of the Believers (a.s.).

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: Verily if one of you goes for Hajj one thousand times but does not go to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.), he has neglected one of his obligations toward Allāh, the Exalted. Then someone asked the Imam (a.s.) for the reason and he replied, “Fulfilling one’s obligation toward Ḥusain (a.s.) is mandatory on every Muslim.”