Tradition 1: Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (‘a) said: One day Husayn Ibn Ali ('a) was sitting in the Prophet's lap and the Prophet was playing with him; making him laugh, when Ayesha said, “Allah's Messenger! How intense is your attachment to this child!” The Prophet replied, “Woe be to you! How can I not I love and admire him when he is the fruit of my heart and the light of my eyes? Indeed, my Ummah will kill him soon. Allah will give the reward of one of my Hajj for one who goes to his Ziyarah after his martyrdom.” “Allah's Messenger! One of your Hajj?” Ayesha asked. “Yes, even two of my Hajj,” the Prophet replied. “Allah's Messenger! Two of your Hajj?” Ayesha asked. “Yes, even four,” the Prophet replied. Ayesha went on asking and the Prophet went on increasing until he reached to ninety of his Hajj and Umrahs.

Tradition 2: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Imam Al-Husayn ('a) was in the arms of his mother when Allah's Messenger (S) took him and said, “Allah's curse be upon those who kill you. Allah's curse be upon those who plunder you. May Allah destroy those who help each another against you. May Allah judge between me and them.”

Lady Fatimah (‘a) asked, “Father, what are you saying?”

His Eminence, replied: “My daughter! I remembered the calamities that would befall him after us, and how he will be oppressed, tormented and deceived. At that time, he will be accompanied by some people who are like stars, and they will be led to death. As if I can see their camp and the place where they will be buried.”

Fatimah (‘a) asked, “Father, where is the place that you describe?”

His Eminence replied: It is a place called Karbala. It is the land of grief and affliction (Karb wa bala) for us and for the Ummah. The most wicked ones from my Ummah will rise against them. Even if all inhabitants of heavens and earths intercede for one of those who rise against Imam Al-Husayn ('a), their intercession will not be accepted, and they will abide in Hell forever.

Fatimah (‘a) asked, “Father, would this child be killed?”

His Eminence replied: Yes, my daughter. No one before him has been killed on whom heavens, earths, mountains, angels, beasts and whales in the ocean cry.

And if these created beings were permitted, no living object would have survived after the martyrdom of this child. And a group of people who love us will go to his Ziyarah. No one on earth knows Allah better than them and no one is more earnest to establish our rights than they are. There is no one on earth other than them who will pay attention to Imam Al-Husayn ('a). They are lights in the darkness of injustice and oppression. They are the intercessors of each other, and they will come to me at my Pool tomorrow. When they come, I will recognize them by their marks and faces. Followers of every religion will seek their leaders and they (visitors of Imam Al-Husayn) will look for no one except us. They are the causes of stability of the earth, and their blessings shower down on the earth.

Tradition 3: Allah's Messenger (S) said: Those who want to live and die like me and enter Paradise, and hold on to the tree that the Almighty Allah has Himself planted, should love Ali ('a) and the successors after him and accept their merits. Because they are the favourite guides of Allah. He has given them my knowledge and understanding. And they are my Ahl Al-Bayt ('a) from my flesh and blood. I will complain to Allah about their enemies from my Ummah, about those who deny their merits, and about those who cut off relations by oppressing them. By Allah they will slay my son. May Allah deprive them of my intercession.

Tradition 4: Imam Al-Baqir ('a) said: Allah's Messenger (S) would hug Imam Al-Husayn ('a) whenever he came to him. Then he would tell Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) to take care of him after which he would kiss him and weep. Imam Al-Husayn ('a) asked, “Father, why are you crying?” “I am kissing parts of your body which will be struck with swords and weeping,” the Prophet replied. “Father, will I be killed?” Husayn ('a) asked. “Yes, by Allah; you, your father and your brother will all be slain,” the Prophet replied. “Would our tombs be far from each other?” Imam Al-Husayn ('a) asked. “Yes, my son,” the Prophet replied. “So, who from your Ummah will come for our Ziyarah?” Imam Al-Husayn ('a) asked. “None but the truthful ones will come to my Ziyarah, and the Ziyarah of your father, your brother and you,” the Prophet replied.

Tradition 5: Allah's Messenger (S) was seen with Imams Hasan and Husayn ('a) sitting in his lap. He went on kissing Imam Al-Hasan ('a) and Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and saying to him, “Woe on those who kill you.”

Tradition 6: Same as Chapter 21, Tradition 1.

Tradition 7: Same as no. 3