3 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ أَخِي وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ غَيْرُهُمْ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ زِيَارَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَزُرْهُ وَ أَنْتَ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ مَكْرُوبٌ شَعِثاً مُغْبَرّاً جَائِعاً عَطْشَاناً فَإِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ قُتِلَ حَزِيناً مَكْرُوباً شَعِثاً مُغْبَرّاً جَائِعاً عَطْشَاناً- وَ سَلْهُ الْحَوَائِجَ وَ انْصَرِفْ عَنْهُ وَ لَا تَتَّخِذْهُ وَطَناً
3. My father, my brother, ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain, and others all narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā Al-Ash’ari, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from some of our companions, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: When you want to go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.), go to his Ziyārah while you are saddened, anguished, grief-stricken, disheveled, covered with dust, hungry, and thirsty, for verily Ḥusain (a.s.) was killed while he was saddened, anguished, disheveled, covered with dust, hungry, and thirsty. (After you perform your Ziyārah), ask him for your needs and then leave. Do not settle in Karbalā.