The Reward for Those Who Recite a Poem about Ĥusain عليه السلام, Cry, and Make Others Cry
Kāmil al-Ziyārāt|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 33
Kāmil al-Ziyārāt
Book 2, Chapter 33
The Reward for Those Who Recite a Poem about Ĥusain عليه السلام, Cry, and Make Others Cry
3 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ [ابْنِ] أَبِي شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ مَرْثِيَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ- لَبَلِيَّةٌ تَسْقُوا حُسَيْناً * * * بِمِسْقَاةِ الثَّرَى غَيْرُ التُّرَابِ فَصَاحَتْ بَاكِيَةٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السِّتْرِ وَا أَبَتَاهْ
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!!!!!”