The Exceptional Narrations

8. My father and Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan both narrated to me from Ḥusain ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Saḥt Al-Khazzāz, from Ḥafs Al-Muzani, from ‘Umar ibn Bayāď, from Abān ibn Taghlib, who said: Ja’far ibn Muḥammad (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) asked me, “O Abān! When was the last time you went to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain عليه السلام?” I replied, “No. I swear to Allāh (that I have not gone recently), O son of the Messenger of Allāh! It has been a long time since I went to his Ziyārah.” Imam عليه السلام said: Glory be to Allāh, the Great! You are one of the chiefs of the Shia and you neglect the Ziyārah of Ḥusain عليه السلام and do not go to him?!!! Allāh will register one good deed and erase one bad deed for those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain عليه السلام with every step that they take and He will forgive all of their past and future sins. O Abān! When Ḥusain عليه السلام was killed, seventy thousand angels descended to his grave. They are disheveled and covered with dust and they continuously cry and lament over him until the Day of Judgment.