Ĥusain عليه السلام: “The Master of the Martyrs”

4. Abul ‘Abbās Al-Razzāz narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Ḥakam ibn Miskīn, from Um Sa’īd Al-Aḥmasiyyah, who said: I went to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام). While I was with him, (my) bondmaid came to me and said, “I brought the sumpter for you.” Imam عليه السلام asked me, “O Um Sa’īd! What is the sumpter for and where do you intend to go?” I replied, “I want to go to the Ziyārah of the graves of the martyrs (of Uḥud).” Imam عليه السلام said, “Postpone it for today. How strange are you people of Iraq?! You come to the Ziyārah of the martyrs (of Uḥud) from a long distance but you neglect going to the Ziyārah of the Master of the Martyrs!” I asked, “Who is the Master of the Martyrs?” Imam عليه السلام replied, “Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali عليه السلام.” I said, “(I do not go to his Ziyārah because) I am a woman.” Imam عليه السلام replied, “There is nothing wrong with women like you going to his Ziyārah.” I asked, “What is the reward for going to his Ziyārah?” Imam عليه السلام replied, “The reward of one Hajj and one ‘Umrah, I’TIKĀF for two months in Masjid Al-Ḥarām while fasting, and this much reward.” Um Sa’īd added that the Imam عليه السلام extended his arms out and then closed them three times (to explain ‘this much reward’).