عبد الله بن حماد

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: The boundaries of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) are twenty ells by twenty ells and this location is a garden from the gardens of Paradise… The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, from Sa’d (ibn ‘Abdillāh), from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali Al-Washā, from Isḥāq ibn ‘Ammār, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).

“A man met al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) at al-Tha‘laba on his way to Karbala. He came in his presence and offered Islamic greetings to him. Al-Husayn (a.s.) asked, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am from Kufa.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “By Allah, O brethren from Kufa, if only I had a meeting with you in Madina, I could have shown you the marks of Jibril in and around our house and his coming with Divine message to my grandfather. O brethren from Kufa, how can it be true that we be the ones to make people quench their thirst for knowledge from us but they would learn and we remain ignorant. This can not happen.”

The neighbours of Umm Ayman came to the Messenger of Allah (s) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Umm Ayman did not sleep yesterday from weeping, and she did not stop weeping until the morning. He said: So, the Messenger of Allah (s) called for Umm Ayman and she came. So, he said to her: O Umm Ayman! Allah did not cause your eyes to weep. Surely, your neighbours came to me and informed me that you did not stop weeping for the whole night. Allah did not cause your eyes to weep, so what has caused you to weep? She said: O Messenger of Allah! I saw a very harsh dream, so, I could not stop weeping for the whole night. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said to her: Describe it to the Messenger of Allah, for surely, Allah and His Messenger know best. So, she said: It has overwhelmed me too much to speak about it. So, he said to her: The dream is not what you think you saw, so describe it to the Messenger of Allah (s). She said: I saw this during the night: it was as though one of your limbs was lying in my house. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said to her: May your eyes sleep, O Umm Ayman. Fatima will give birth to al-Husayn, and she will raise him. He will be one of my limbs in your house. So, when Fatima gave birth to al-Husayn (as), on the seventh day, the Messenger of Allah (s) ordered that his head be shaved, and that the weight of his hair be donated in silver. Then, he performed his `aqiqa. Then, Umm Ayman came to him, wrapped him, and presented him to the Messenger of Allah (s). So, he (s) said: Welcome to the carrier and the one being carried. O Umm Ayman, this is the interpretation of your dream.