Weeping of the Heavens and the Earth over the Killing of Ĥusain عليه السلام and Yaĥyā ibn Zakariyyā عليه السلام

15. My father and ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain both narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali Al-Washā, from Ḥammād ibn ‘Uthmān, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Hilāl, who said: I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) say: The heavens wept over Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali عليه السلام and Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā عليه السلام but they did not weep over anyone other than them. I asked, “How did the heavens weep?” Imam عليه السلام replied, “The heavens became red for forty days at the time of sunrise and sunset.” I asked, “Is that how the heavens weep?” Imam عليه السلام replied, “Yes.”