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

1. Abul ‘Abbās Al-Qurashi narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Sāliḥ ibn ‘Uqbah, from Abī Hārūn Al-Makfūf, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said to me, “O Abā Hārūn! Recite a poem for me about Ḥusain عليه السلام.” So I recited a poem for him and he cried. Then the Imam عليه السلام said, “Recite it in the same way that you (usually) recite – with a grief-stricken tone.” Then I recited (the poem which starts with) the following verse: “Pass by the grave of Ḥusain and say to his purified bones…” Imam عليه السلام cried and asked me to recite more poems for him. I recited another poem for him. The Imam عليه السلام cried (again) and I also heard (women) crying from behind the curtain. After I finished, the Imam عليه السلام said to me: O Abā Hārūn! If one recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes ten people cry, Paradise will be registered for him and for them. If one recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes five people cry, Paradise will be registered for him and for them. If one recites a poem about Ḥusain عليه السلام and cries and makes one person cry, Paradise will be registered for him and for he who cries. Those who shed tears when Ḥusain عليه السلام is mentioned in front of them will be rewarded by Allāh Himself, even if their tears are as small as the wing of a fly. And Allāh will not be pleased with any reward for them less than Paradise.