Crying of Imam ‘Ali ibn Ĥusain عليه السلام on (His Father) Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali عليه السلام

1. My father narrated to me from all of my scholars, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from Abī Dāwūd Al-Mustariq, from some of our companions, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād عليه السلام) cried over his father, Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali عليه السلام, for twenty years – or forty years – and whenever food was brought to him, he would cry over Ḥusain عليه السلام. One day his servant said to him, “May I sacrifice myself for you, O son of the Messenger of Allāh! I am afraid that you will die (from grief).” He (Imam Sajjād عليه السلام) replied, “I only complain of my distress and grief to Allāh, and I know from Allāh what you do not know’ (12:86). Verily whenever I remember the killing of the children of Fāťimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, I am choked with tears over them.”