The Angels’ Pray for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain عليه السلام

2. My father, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, and ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain all narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Abī Basīr, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, has dedicated seventy thousand angels to Ḥusain عليه السلام who are disheveled and covered with dust who send blessings on him every day. They pray for those who come to his Ziyārah by saying, “O Lord! These are the visitors of Ḥusain عليه السلام! Do such-and-such for them and (reward them with) such-and-such.”

3. Ḥukaym ibn Dāwūd narrated to me from Salamah, from Mūsā ibn ‘Umar, from Ghassān Al-Basri, from Mu’āwiyah ibn Wahab, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: Do not neglect going to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain عليه السلام. Do you not like to be among those for whom the angels pray?!

4. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Abī Basīr, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: Allāh, the Exalted, has dedicated seventy thousand angels to the grave of Ḥusain عليه السلام who are disheveled and covered with dust who send blessings on him every day since the day he was killed (and will continue to do so) until a time that Allāh wills – referring to the rising of the Qā`im (Twelfth Imam عليه السلام). They pray for those who come to his Ziyārah by saying, “O Lord! These are the visitors of Ḥusain عليه السلام! Do this for them and do that for them.”

5. Ḥusain ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Āmir narrated to me from Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq ibn Sa’d, from Sa’dān ibn Muslim, from ‘Umar ibn Abān, from Abān ibn Taghlib, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: It is as if I can see the Qā`im عليه السلام in Najaf (next to) Kūfah wearing the armour of the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. He will shake the armour (first) and then it will wrap itself around him, after which he will cover it with a robe made of brocade. He will be riding a pitch-black horse which has a raceme on its forehead. He will jump (with) the horse in such a way that people in every country will see him as if he is with them in their (own) country. Then he will unfold the flag of the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. The flag-pole is from the pillars of the Throne while the rest (of the flag) is from Allāh’s victory! If he points this flag to anything, Allāh will destroy it. When he shakes the flag, the heart of every believer will become like a strong piece of iron and each believer will be given the strength of forty men. Every believer who has died will feel the happiness (of the rising of the Qā`im عليه السلام) in his grave. They (the dead believers) will start visiting one another in their graves and will give glad tidings to one another about the rising of the Qā`im عليه السلام. Then thirteen thousand three hundred and thirteen angels will join the Qā`im عليه السلام. I (Abān ibn Taghlib) asked, “This many angels will join him?” Imam عليه السلام replied: Yes. (These are) the angels who were with Nūḥ in the ark, with Ibrāhīm when he was cast in the fire, with Mūsā when he split the sea for the Banī Israel, and who were with ‘Isā when Allāh ascended him to Himself. (Among these angels are also) the four thousand “(fully equipped) distinguished angels” and the one thousand “angels [who came] in an unbroken succession” who were with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, the three hundred and thirteen angels who fought in the Battle of Badr, and the four thousand angels who descended to fight along with Ḥusain عليه السلام but who were not permitted to (fight). They (these four thousand angels) remain by the grave of Ḥusain عليه السلام, disheveled and covered with dust. They cry over him (and will continue to do so) until the Day of Judgment. Their chief is an angel named Mansūr. These angels receive everyone who comes to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain عليه السلام and they accompany them when they bid farewell to Ḥusain عليه السلام. They visit them if they become ill, establish prayers on them at their funerals when they die, and seek forgiveness for them after their death. All of these angels are on earth waiting for the rising of the Qā`im عليه السلام.