The Reward for Those Who Recite a Poem about Ĥusain عليه السلام, Cry, and Make Others Cry

2. Abul ‘Abbās (Al-Qurashi) narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī ‘Uthmān, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abil Mughīrah, from Abī ‘Umārah Al-Munshid, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said to me, “O Abā ‘Umārah! Recite a poem for me about Ḥusain عليه السلام.” I recited a poem for him and he started to cry. Then I recited another poem and he cried (more). Then I recited another poem for him and he cried (even more). I swear to Allāh that I kept reciting poems for him and he kept crying, and I also heard (others) crying from inside the house as well. Then the Imam عليه السلام said to me: O Abā ‘Umārah! Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes fifty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes forty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes thirty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes twenty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes ten people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes one person cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and tries to cry will be rewarded with Paradise.

3. Muḥammad ibn Ja’far narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Ḥassān, from Ibn Abī Shu’bah (Al-Ḥalabi), from ‘Abdillāh ibn Ghālib, who said: I went to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) and I recited a eulogy about Ḥusain عليه السلام for him. When I reached this verse: What a great disaster! Instead of scattering dust over Ḥusain, he was rolled in the dust! A woman who was crying from behind the curtain screamed, “O father!!!!!”

4. Muḥammad ibn Ja’far narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Sāliḥ ibn ‘Uqbah, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: If one recites one verse of a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes ten people cry, he and those (who cry) will be rewarded with Paradise. If one recites one verse of a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes nine people cry, he and those (who cry) will be rewarded with Paradise… Imam عليه السلام kept reducing from the number and repeating the same reward until he said: If one recites one verse of a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries (or even tries to cry), he will be rewarded with Paradise.

5. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Sāliḥ ibn ‘Uqbah, from Abī Hārūn Al-Makfūf, who said: I went to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) and he asked me to recite a poem (about Ḥusain عليه السلام) for him. I started to recite a poem (without any intonation). So he (stopped me and) said, “No. Recite the way you usually recite (with intonation) and the way you recite eulogies by his grave.” I started to recite the poem (which begins with): “Pass by the grave of Ḥusain and say to his purified bones…” The Imam عليه السلام started to cry so I stopped. However, the Imam عليه السلام said to me, “Pass by (referring to the previous line of poetry, instructing me to continue).” After I finished reciting (this poem), Imam عليه السلام said, “Read more! Read more!” So I started reciting the following poem: O Maryam! Start the lamentation over your master, Ḥusain عليه السلام, and shed abundant tears over him. When I read this verse, the Imam عليه السلام cried and the women (in his house) also cried and became restless. After the women calmed down, the Imam عليه السلام said to me: O Abā Hārūn! Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes ten people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Then he kept reducing the number from ten (people) one by one until he reached one (person) and said: Anyone who recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and makes one person cry will be rewarded with Paradise. He (the Imam عليه السلام) added, “Anyone who remembers Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries will be rewarded with Paradise.”

6. It is narrated that: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said, “There is a (known) reward for every act except for shedding tears over us.”

7. Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain Al-‘Askari narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from his father, from Muḥammad ibn Sinān, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Sāliḥ ibn ‘Uqbah, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: If one recites one verse of a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes ten people cry, he and those (who cry) will be rewarded with Paradise. If one recites one verse of a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes nine people cry, he and those (who cry) will be rewarded with Paradise… Imam عليه السلام kept reducing from the number and repeating the same reward until he said: Whoever recites one verse of a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries (or even tries to cry) will be rewarded with Paradise.