Tradition 1: I heard Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) say: There is no prophet in the heavens or earth who does not ask Allah's permission to perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a). Thus, a crowd descends to perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and a crowd ascends back to the heavens.

Tradition 2: I went to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) towards the end of the reign of Bani Marwan and was trying to hide from the people of Sham. I came out of Kufa and headed for Karbala. When I arrived in Karbala, I hid in the suburbs until midnight, after which I approached the grave. When I arrived near it, someone came to me and said, “Go back, you have been rewarded! You will not be able to go to him.” I left in fear, waited until it was nearly dawn and then I went back to the grave.

When I arrived near the grave, the same person came and said, “O man! You still cannot go to him.”

I said, “May Allah keep you in health, why can't Igo to him? I have come from Kufa for his Ziyarah. So don't prevent me. I am afraid that the sun will rise and if the Syrians find me here, they will slay me.”

He said: Wait for a while, because Musa Ibn ‘Imran ('a) asked Allah for permission to come to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a)' and Allah granted it. Musa ('a) has descended from the heavens with seventy thousand angels and they have been here since the beginning of the night waiting for dawn, after which they will ascend to the heavens.

I asked, “May Allah keep you in health, who are you?”

He replied, “I am one of the angels appointed to protect the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and to seek forgiveness for his visitors.”

So, I left, having almost lost my mind from hearing what I heard.

At dawn, I returned to the grave, but no one stopped me. I went to the grave and saluted Husayn ('a), cursed his killers, prayed the Morning Prayer and returned quickly because of my fear of Syrians.

Tradition 3: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: The boundaries of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn (‘a) are twenty ells by twenty ells and it is a garden from the gardens of Paradise. The ascent of the angels to the heavens begins from here. Every proximate angel and every Prophet, chosen as a messenger, asks Allah for permission to perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a). There is always a crowd descending from heavens to perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and a crowd ascending back.

Tradition 4: When Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) arrived in Hirah, he asked me (the narrator). “Do you perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn (‘a)?

I replied, “May I be sacrificed on you! Do you also go to his Ziyarah?”

Imam ('a) replied, “How can I not go to his Ziyarah when Allah goes to his Ziyarah every Friday eve, with the angels, prophets, successors. And Muhammad (S) is the best of the prophets and we are the best of the successors.”

I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you! Then should we also perform his Ziyarah on Friday eves, so that we can get the status of Ziyarah of the Lord?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Yes! O Safwan! Perform it, so that the reward of going to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) is written for you; it is such an honour.”