Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ بَزِیعٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَهَ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْمَدَائِنِیِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ آتِی قَبْرَ الْحُسَیْنِ ع قَالَ نَعَمْ یَا أَبَا سَعِیدٍ ائْتِ قَبْرَ ابْنِ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَطْیَبِ الطَّیِّبِینَ وَ أَطْهَرِ الطَّاهِرِینَ وَ أَبَرِّ الْأَبْرَارِ وَ إِذَا زُرْتَهُ کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَکَ بِهِ خَمْساً وَ عِشْرِینَ حِجَّهً.

35. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Muhammad b. al-Hassan from Muhammad b. Ismail b. Bazee’ from Salih b. ’Uqba from Abi Sa’eed al-Madaini who said: Abu Saeed Madaini visited Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) and asked him, “May I be sacrificed for you, should I go for Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.)?” He replied, “Yes, O Abu Saeed! Go for Ziyarat of the son of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) for he was most virtuous among virtuous men, purest among pure and best among the doers of good deeds. If you do his Ziyarat, Allah would grant you the reward of twenty-five Hajjs.”

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ النَّخَعِیِّ عَنْ شِهَابِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ أَوْ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلَنِی فَقَالَ لِی یَا شِهَابُ کَمْ حَجَجْتَ مِنْ حِجَّهٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ تِسْعَهَ عَشَرَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِی تُتِمُّهَا عِشْرِینَ حِجَّهً یَکْتُبُ اللَّهُ لَکَ زِیَارَهَ الْحُسَیْنِ ع.

36. And from the previous chain from Muhammad b. al-Hussain from Ahmad b. al-Nadhr Nakha’i from Shihab b. Abd Rabbuhu or from a man from Shihab from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “Perform it twenty times and you would be like one who does the Ziyarat of Imam Husain Ibne Ali (a.s.) once.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حُذَیْفَهَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع کَمْ حَجَجْتَ فَقُلْتُ تِسْعَهَ عَشَرَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّکَ لَوْ أَتْمَمْتَ إِحْدَی وَ عِشْرِینَ حِجَّهً لَکُنْتَ کَمَنْ زَارَ الْحُسَیْنَ بْنَ عَلِیٍّ ع.

37. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) asked Huzaifa bin Mansur, “How many times have you performed the Hajj?” “Nineteen times,” he replied. Imam said, “If you perform it twenty-one times you would be like one who does the Ziyarat of Imam Husain Ibne Ali (a.s.) once.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَدَقَهَ عَنْ صَالِحٍ النِّیلِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ أَتَی قَبْرَ الْحُسَیْنِ ع عَارِفاً بِحَقِّهِ کَانَ کَمَنْ حَجَّ مِائَهَ حِجَّهٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص.

38. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that a person who does the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.) once knowing his right is like one who has performed Hajj a hundred times along with the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.).

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَدَقَهَ عَنْ مَالِکِ بْنِ عَطِیَّهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ زَارَ قَبْرَ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ثَمَانِینَ حِجَّهً مَبْرُورَهً.

39. And from the previous chain from Muhammad b. Sadaqah from Malik b. ’Atiyyah from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says that if a person does the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (a.s.) once knowing his right the Almighty Allah would note down a reward of an accepted Hajj.

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ عَنِ الْحِیرِیِّ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْحَضْرَمِیِّ قَالَ: وَرَدَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِی أَوَّلِ وِلَایَهِ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ فَنَزَلَ النَّجَفَ فَقَالَ یَا مُوسَی اذْهَبْ إِلَی الطَّرِیقِ الْأَعْظَمِ فَقِفْ عَلَی الطَّرِیقِ فَانْظُرْ فَإِنَّهُ سَیَجِیئُکَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَاحِیَهِ الْقَادِسِیَّهِ فَإِذَا دَنَا مِنْکَ فَقُلْ لَهُ هَاهُنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص یَدْعُوکَ فَیَجِی ءُ مَعَکَ قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ حَتَّی قُمْتُ عَلَی الطَّرِیقِ وَ الْحَرُّ شَدِیدٌ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ قَائِماً حَتَّی کِدْتُ أَعْمَی وَ أَنْصَرِفُ وَ أَدَعُهُ إِذْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَی شَیْ ءٍ مُقْبِلٍ شِبْهِ رَجُلٍ عَلَی بَعِیرٍ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَنْظُرُ إِلَیْهِ حَتَّی دَنَا مِنِّی فَقُلْتُ لَهُ یَا هَذَا هَاهُنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص یَدْعُوکَ وَ قَدْ وَصَفَکَ لِی قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِنَا إِلَیْهِ قَالَ فَجِئْتُهُ حَتَّی أَنَاخَ بَعِیرَهُ نَاحِیَهً قَرِیباً مِنَ الْخَیْمَهِ قَالَ فَدَعَا بِهِ فَدَخَلَ الْأَعْرَابِیُّ إِلَیْهِ وَ دَنَوْتُ أَنَا فَصِرْتُ بَابَ الْخَیْمَهِ أَسْمَعُ الْکَلَامَ وَ لَا أَرَاهُمَا فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مِنْ أَیْنَ قَدِمْتَ قَالَ مِنْ أَقْصَی الْیَمَنِ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِ کَذَا وَ کَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ أَنَا مِنْ مَوْضِعِ کَذَا وَ کَذَا قَالَ فَمَا جِئْتَ هَاهُنَا قَالَ جِئْتُ زَائِراً لِلْحُسَیْنِ ع فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَجِئْتَ مِنْ غَیْرِ حَاجَهٍ إِلَّا الزِّیَارَهَ قَالَ جِئْتُ مِنْ غَیْرِ حَاجَهٍ لَیْسَ إِلَّا أَنْ أُصَلِّیَ عِنْدَهُ وَ أَزُورَهُ وَ أُسَلِّمَ عَلَیْهِ وَ أَرْجِعَ إِلَی أَهْلِی قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ مَا تَرَوْنَ مِنْ زِیَارَتِهِ قَالَ نَرَی فِی زِیَارَتِهِ الْبَرَکَهَ فِی أَنْفُسِنَا وَ أَهَالِینَا وَ أَوْلَادِنَا وَ أَمْوَالِنَا وَ مَعَایِشِنَا وَ قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِنَا- قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ فَلَا أَزِیدُکَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ فَضْلًا یَا أَخَا الْیَمَنِ قَالَ زِدْنِی یَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ زِیَارَهُ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع تَعْدِلُ حِجَّهً مَقْبُولَهً مُتَقَبَّلَهً زَاکِیَهً مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَتَعَجَّبَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ إِی وَ اللَّهِ حِجَّتَیْنِ مَبْرُورَتَیْنِ- مُتَقَبَّلَتَیْنِ زَاکِیَتَیْنِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَتَعَجَّبَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ فَلَمْ یَزَلْ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَزِیدُ حَتَّی قَالَ ثَلَاثِینَ حِجَّهً مَبْرُورَهً مُتَقَبَّلَهً زَاکِیَهً مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص.

40. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to me by Ahmad b. Idris from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-Hussain from Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Hayri from Musa b. al-Qasim al-Hadhrami who said: “The reward is equal to that of thirty accepted and holy Hajjs performed alongside the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.).”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَهَ عَنْ یَزِیدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ قَالَ: کُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ عَلَی حَمِیرٍ فَقَالَ أَیْنَ یُرِیدُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقُلْتُ قُبُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ قَالَ فَمَا یَمْنَعُهُمْ عَنْ زِیَارَهِ قَبْرِ الشَّهِیدِ الْغَرِیبِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَ زِیَارَتُهُ وَاجِبَهٌ فَقَالَ زِیَارَتُهُ خَیْرٌ مِنْ حِجَّهٍ وَ عُمْرَهٍ وَ حِجَّهٍ وَ عُمْرَهٍ حَتَّی عَدَّ عِشْرِینَ حِجَّهً وَ عُمْرَهً ثُمَّ قَالَ مَبْرُورَاتٍ مُتَقَبَّلَاتٍ قَالَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا قُمْتُ حَتَّی أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّی حَجَجْتُ تِسْعَ عَشْرَهَ حِجَّهً فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لِی أَنْ یَرْزُقَنِی تَمَامَ الْعِشْرِینَ فَقَالَ هَلْ زُرْتَ قَبْرَ الْحُسَیْنِ ع قَالَ لَا قَالَ زِیَارَتُهُ خَیْرٌ مِنْ عِشْرِینَ حِجَّهً.

41. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to us by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Muhammad b. al-Hassan from Muhammad b. Ismail from Salih b. ’Uqba from Yazid b. Abd al-Malik who said: “All these Hajjs and Umrahs are accepted and blessed.” The narrator says that before they stood up to leave, a person came and told Imam (a.s.), “I have performed nineteen Hajjs. Pray to Allah that I complete twenty.” Imam (a.s.) asked, “Have you performed the Ziyarat of the grave of Imam Husain (a.s.)?” He replied, “No” Imam (a.s.) told him, “This Ziyarat is better than twenty Hajjs.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْیَرِیُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَقُولُ إِنَّ لِمَوْضِعِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَیْنِ ع حُرْمَهً مَعْرُوفَهً مَنْ عَرَفَهَا وَ اسْتَجَارَ بِهَا أُجِیرَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَصِفُ لِی مَوْضِعَهَا جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ قَالَ امْسَحْ مِنْ مَوْضِعِ قَبْرِهِ الْیَوْمَ خَمْسَهً وَ عِشْرِینَ ذِرَاعاً مِنْ نَاحِیَهِ رَأْسِهِ وَ خَمْسَهً وَ عِشْرِینَ ذِرَاعاً مِنْ نَاحِیَهِ رِجْلَیْهِ وَ خَمْسَهً وَ عِشْرِینَ ذِرَاعاً مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَ خَمْسَهً وَ عِشْرِینَ ذِرَاعاً مِمَّا یَلِی وَجْهَهُ.

42. It is narrated that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the place of grave of Imam Husain (a.s.) is honored and well- known. One who seeks protection knowing its right, would be safeguarded. The narrator asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, tell me about the area of that place.” Imam (a.s.) replied, “The radius of H2hands is included in the area of his grave.”

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ بن [عَنْ] إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع یَقُولُ مَوْضِعُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَیْنِ ع مُنْذُ یَوْمَ دُفِنَ رَوْضَهٌ مِنْ رِیَاضِ الْجَنَّهِ وَ قَالَ مَوْضِعُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَیْنِ ع تُرْعَهٌ مِنْ تُرَعِ الْجَنَّهِ.

43. It is narrated from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) that the place of grave of Imam Husain (a.s.) was included among the gardens of Paradise and then Imam (a.s.) further said that the grave of Imam Husain (a.s.) is one among the rose-gardens of Paradise.

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِیَهَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ هُوَ فِی مُصَلَّاهُ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّی قَضَی صَلَاتَهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ وَ هُوَ یُنَاجِی رَبَّهُ فَیَقُولُ یَا مَنْ خَصَّنَا بِالْکَرَامَهِ وَ وَعَدَنَا الشَّفَاعَهَ وَ حَمَّلَنَا الرِّسَالَهَ وَ جَعَلَنَا وَرَثَهَ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ وَ خَتَمَ بِنَا الْأُمَمَ السَّالِفَهَ وَ خَصَّنَا بِالْوَصِیَّهِ وَ أَعْطَانَا عِلْمَ مَا مَضَی وَ عِلْمَ مَا بَقِیَ وَ جَعَلَ أَفْئِدَهً مِنَ النَّاسِ تَهْوِی إِلَیْنَا اغْفِرْ لِی وَ لِإِخْوَانِی وَ زُوَّارِ قَبْرِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع الَّذِینَ أَنْفَقُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَ أَشْخَصُوا أَبْدَانَهُمْ رَغْبَهً فِی بِرِّنَا وَ رَجَاءً لِمَا عِنْدَکَ فِی صِلَتِنَا وَ سُرُوراً أَدْخَلُوهُ عَلَی نَبِیِّکَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ إِجَابَهً مِنْهُمْ لِأَمْرِنَا وَ غَیْظاً أَدْخَلُوهُ عَلَی عَدُوِّنَا أَرَادُوا بِذَلِکَ رِضْوَانَکَ فَکَافِهِمْ عَنَّا بِالرِّضْوَانِ وَ اکْلَأْهُمْ بِاللَّیْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ اخْلُفْ عَلَی أَهَالِیهِمْ وَ أَوْلَادِهِمُ الَّذِینَ خُلِّفُوا بِأَحْسَنِ الْخَلَفِ وَ اصْحَبْهُمْ وَ اکْفِهِمْ شَرَّ کُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ وَ کُلِّ ضَعِیفٍ مِنْ خَلْقِکَ وَ شَدِیدٍ وَ شَرَّ شَیَاطِینِ الْإِنْسِ وَ الْجِنِّ وَ أَعْطِهِمْ أَفْضَلَ مَا أَمَّلُوا مِنْکَ فِی غُرْبَتِهِمْ عَنْ أَوْطَانِهِمْ وَ مَا آثَرُوا عَلَی أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَ أَبْدَانِهِمْ وَ أَهَالِیهِمْ وَ قَرَابَاتِهِمْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ أَعْدَاءَنَا أَعَابُوا عَلَیْهِمْ خُرُوجَهُمْ فَلَمْ یَنْهَهُمْ ذَلِکَ عَنِ النُّهُوضِ وَ الشُّخُوصِ إِلَیْنَا خِلَافاً عَلَیْهِمْ- فَارْحَمْ تِلْکَ الْوُجُوهَ الَّتِی غَیَّرَتْهَا الشَّمْسُ وَ ارْحَمْ تِلْکَ الْخُدُودَ الَّتِی تَقَلَّبَتْ عَلَی قَبْرِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَیْنِ ع وَ ارْحَمْ تِلْکَ الْعُیُونَ الَّتِی جَرَتْ دُمُوعُهَا رَحْمَهً لَنَا وَ ارْحَمْ تِلْکَ الْقُلُوبَ الَّتِی جَزِعَتْ وَ احْتَرَقَتْ لَنَا وَ ارْحَمْ تِلْکَ الصَّرْخَهَ الَّتِی کَانَتْ لَنَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّی أَسْتَوْدِعُکَ تِلْکَ الْأَنْفُسَ وَ تِلْکَ الْأَبْدَانَ حَتَّی تُرَوِّیَهُمْ مِنَ الْحَوْضِ یَوْمَ الْعَطَشِ- فَمَا زَالَ ص یَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَ هُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ لَوْ أَنَّ هَذَا الَّذِی سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْکَ کَانَ لِمَنْ لَا یَعْرِفُ اللَّهَ لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ النَّارَ لَا تَطْعَمُ مِنْهُ شَیْئاً أَبَداً وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ تَمَنَّیْتُ أَنْ کُنْتُ زُرْتُهُ وَ لَمْ أَحُجَّ فَقَالَ لِی مَا أَقْرَبَکَ مِنْهُ فَمَا الَّذِی یَمْنَعُکَ عَنْ زِیَارَتِهِ یَا مُعَاوِیَهُ وَ لِمَ تَدَعُ الحج ذَلِکَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ فَلَمْ أَدْرِ أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ یَبْلُغُ هَذَا فَقَالَ یَا مُعَاوِیَهُ وَ مَنْ یَدْعُو لِزُوَّارِهِ فِی السَّمَاءِ أَکْثَرُ مِمَّنْ یَدْعُو لَهُمْ فِی الْأَرْضِ لَا تَدَعْهُ لِخَوْفٍ مِنْ أَحَدٍ فَمَنْ تَرَکَهُ لِخَوْفٍ رَأَی مِنَ الْحَسْرَهِ مَا یَتَمَنَّی أَنَّ قَبْرَهُ کَانَ بِیَدِهِ أَ مَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ یَرَی اللَّهُ شَخْصَکَ وَ سَوَادَکَ مِمَّنْ یَدْعُو لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَ مَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَکُونَ غَداً مِمَّنْ تُصَافِحُهُ الْمَلَائِکَهُ أَ مَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَکُونَ غَداً فِیمَنْ رَأَی وَ لَیْسَ عَلَیْهِ ذَنْبٌ فَتُتْبَعَ أَ مَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَکُونَ غَداً فِیمَنْ یُصَافِحُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص.

13. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sa'd ibn Abdullah told me from Ya'qub ibn Yazid, from Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umayr, from Mu'awiyah ibn Wahb, who said: 'I entered upon Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) while he was in his place of prayer. I sat until he completed his prayer, and I heard him conversing with his Lord, saying: 'O You who have honored us with dignity, who have promised us intercession, who have entrusted us with the message, who have made us heirs of the Prophets, who have sealed the previous nations with us, who have granted us the will, who have given us knowledge of what has passed and what will remain, and who have made the hearts of people incline toward us, forgive me and my brothers and the visitors of the grave of my grandfather, Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn ibn Ali (peace be upon him), those who have spent their wealth and dedicated their bodies seeking our goodness and hoping for what You have in connection with us, and the joy they have brought to Your Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and their response to our command, and the anger they have directed toward our enemy. They sought thereby Your pleasure, so protect them with Your satisfaction, and safeguard them by night and by day, and grant them the best of successors among their families and children who were left behind, and accompany them and save them from the evil of every tyrant and every weak one among Your creation, and from the evil of the devils of mankind and jinn. Grant them the best of what they have hoped for from You during their estrangement from their homelands, and what they preferred over their children and bodies and families and relatives. O Allah, our enemies have blamed them for leaving, but that has not stopped them from rising and coming to us, despite the opposition against them. Have mercy on those faces that have been changed by the sun, and have mercy on those cheeks that have turned over the grave of Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn (peace be upon him), and have mercy on those eyes that have shed tears for us, and have mercy on those hearts that have grieved and burned for us, and have mercy on that cry that was for us. O Allah, I entrust to You those souls and those bodies until You grant them to drink from the pond on the Day of Thirst.' He continued to invoke this supplication while in prostration. When he finished, I said to him, 'May I be your ransom! If what I heard from you was for someone who does not know Allah, I would think that the Fire would never touch him at all. By Allah, I have wished that I had visited him and not made the pilgrimage.' He said to me, 'How close you are to him! What is preventing you from visiting him, O Mu'awiyah? And why do you abandon the pilgrimage?' I said, 'May I be your ransom! I did not know that the matter would reach this.' He said, 'O Mu'awiyah, who invokes for his visitors in the heavens more than those who invoke for them on earth? Do not abandon it for fear of anyone. Whoever abandons it out of fear will see the regret for what they wish they could have done with their own hands. Do you not love for Allah to see you among those who are called to by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)? Do you not love to be among those who shake hands with the angels tomorrow? Do you not love to be among those who will be greeted by the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) tomorrow?'"