Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) asked: What's wrong with you? Why don't you go to him (to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn)? Because four thousand angels are present at his grave and they cry on him until Judgment Day.

Tradition 2: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Four thousand angels came down to fight for Imam Al-Husayn ('a) but he did not permit them. When they came down again to seek permission, Imam Al-Husayn ('a) had already been martyred. So, they remain at his grave, dishevelled and covered with dust, crying over him until Judgment Day. Their leader is an angel called Mansur.

Tradition 3: Same as no. 1.

Tradition 4: Same as no. 2.

Tradition 5: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Since the day Imam Al-Husayn ('a) was martyred, Allah has appointed seventy thousand angels who are dishevelled and covered with dust; to invoke blessings on Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and pray for mercy on him as long as Allah wills, that is till the time of the Qa’im ('a).

Traditions 6, 7, 8 and 9: Same as no. 4.

Tradition 10: Imam Al-Baqir ('a) said: Four thousand dishevelled angels, covered with dust cry over Imam Al-Husayn ('a) until Judgment Day. No one who comes to his Ziyarah but that they welcome him. No visitor of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) becomes ill, but that they visit them and none of them dies, but that they are present near him.

Tradition 11: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Allah has appointed four thousand dishevelled angles, covered with dust, at the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) to cry on him from sunrise to midday. At midday they are replaced with another four thousand who cry over him till sunrise.

Tradition 12: Same as no.4.

Tradition 13: Same as no. 4 and 10.

Tradition 14: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Allah has appointed seventy thousand angels to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) who are dishevelled and covered with dust to cry over him until Judgment Day. They pray at his grave and each of their prayers equals a thousand prayers of human beings and the rewards of their prayers is for one who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a).

Tradition 15: Same as no. 2.

Tradition 16: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you go for the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), maintain silence and except for good do not say anything, because angels of the night and day who are the guards and keepers, go to the angels who are in the holy shrine and shake hands with them. But the angels of the holy shrine do not speak to them, because they are crying so intensely. So, they wait from them until noon or sunrise and then speak to them about some affairs of the heavens. The angels of the holy shrine abstain from speaking between these sunrise and noon and their crying and supplicating does not subside. Indeed, the Keepers do not distract the angels of the holy shrine between these two times. But the angels of the holy shrine become distracted when you ask (the angels of the holy shrine) or is it the angels of the holy shrine who ask (the Keepers)?”

I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you? What do the angels ask each other and which group asks the other? Is it the keepers who ask (the angels of the holy shrine) or is it the angels of the holy shrine who ask (the Keepers)?”

Imam ('a) replied. “The angels of the holy shrine ask the Keepers because the angels of the holy shrine do not move from their place. But the Keepers descend from the heavens and ascend back to them.”

I asked, “What do the angels of the holy shrine ask the keepers?”

Imam ('a) replied: The Keepers pass by Ismail, the Angel of Air, in their ascent (to the heavens) and sometimes they reach him at the same time when the Prophet, Fatimah, Hasan, Husayn and the (other) Imams ('a), who have passed away, are there (with Ismail). They (Ahl Al-Bayt) ask the Keepers about some matters and about those of you (visitors) who are present in the holy shrine.

They (Ahl Al-Bayt) say to the Keepers, “Give them (those who have gone to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn) glad tidings with your prayers.”

The Keepers ask, “How we can give them glad tidings when they cannot hear us?”

Ahl Al-Bayt ('a) will reply, “Congratulate them and pray for them on our behalf. Indeed, these are our glad tidings to them. When they want to leave, surround them and rub your wings on them, so that they can feel your presence. Indeed, we entrust them to He whose trust will never be lost.”

Imam ('a) continued: If the visitor of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and the people knew the blessings of the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), they would have fought one another with swords and they would have sold their belongings to go to his Ziyarah.

When Lady Fatimah (‘a) who is accompanied by one thousand prophets, a thousand truthfuls, a thousand martyrs and a million Karubiyyin who all support her in crying [over Husayn ('a)] looks at those who perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), she lets out a whoop in such a way that no angel remains in the heavens who does not cry, sympathizing with her cry. But Lady Fatimah (‘a) is not pacified until the Prophet (S) goes to her and says:

“My daughter! You have made the inhabitants of the heavens cry and you have distracted them from glorifying and sanctifying (Allah). So, stop crying that they can glorify (Allah).

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ

“Indeed, Allah accomplishes His purposes” (65:3).

Lady Fatimah (‘a) looks at those of you who are present at the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and she asks Allah to shower you with all of the blessings. Imam ('a) continued, “Do not abstain from the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a). Indeed, the blessings of going to his Ziyarah are much greater than that which can be counted.”

Tradition 17: The narrator said to Imam As-Sadiq (‘a), “May I be sacrificed on you! How short are your lives, O Ahl Al-Bayt! And how close are your deaths to one another while the entire creation needs you?”

Imam ('a) replied: There is a scroll for each of us which contains everything that we need to do during our time. Once every order on that scroll has been carried out, we know that our death is imminent. Allah's Messenger (S) comes to us and informs us that our death has come and he informs us of the rewards Allah has prepared for us. Indeed, Imam Al-Husayn ('a) read the sheet that was entrusted to him and that which would happen and that which was yet to come were explained to him. There were a few things left on Husayn's sheet, which had not been fulfilled when he rose to fight. Those matters were that the angels asked Allah for permission to help Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and Allah granted it to them. While the angels descended to the earth, they found that Imam Al-Husayn's time had passed and he had been martyred. Hence, they said (to Allah):

“O Lord! You gave us permission to descend to earth to support Husayn but when we arrived, you had already captured his soul?”

The Almighty Allah revealed to them, 'Stay besides his grave until you see him rise again and then support him. Cry over him and over losing the opportunity to support him.

Indeed, you have been chosen to support him and to cry over him.’ The angels were aggrieved, and they cried and lamented over losing the opportunity to support Husayn ('a). And when he rises, they will be among his supporters.