Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said to me: O Muawiyah! Do not forsake the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) because of fear, because one who abandons the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) will regret it so much that he will wish that his grave was beside him. Do you like Allah to see you among those for whom Allah's Messenger, Ali, Fatimah and the Imams ('a) pray?

Tradition 2: I asked permission to meet Imam As-Sadiq (‘a). When I entered, I found him on his prayer mat in his house praying. I waited until he finished his prayers and then I heard him recite the following supplication:

O Allah! O one who has chosen us for honour, promised us right of intercession, chosen us as successors, gave us the knowledge of the past and that which is to come and made the hearts of people inclined for us! Forgive me and my brothers who perform the Ziyarah of my grandfather, Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and those who spend their wealth to travel, put their bodies to trouble seeking our pleasure in hope of the reward You have kept for associating with us. They perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) to make Your Prophet happy, to obey our commands and to antagonize our enemies.

By this, they want to please You, so reward them on our behalf by Rizwan, protect them day and night, compensate their families and children whom they left behind in the best way and befriend them, keep them away from the harm of every insolent tyrant and every weak or strong one from Your creation, keep them away from the evil of every devil from among men and Jinn, grant them the best of that which they have requested while they are away from their homes for having preferred us over their families, children and relatives. O Allah! Our enemies have criticized them for going to our Ziyarah but that did not restrain them from coming to us and they went against our opponents. So have mercy on faces changed by the sun in our love. Have mercy on faces which were kept on the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a). Have mercy on those eyes which shed tears on us with sympathy. Have mercy on those hearts which have become restless and distressed for us and have mercy on their lamentations for us. O Allah! I entrust these bodies and souls to you till the day of great thirst when you will quench their thirst with Hauz Kauthar.

Muawiyah Ibn Wahab continued: Imam ('a) continued this supplication in prostration. When he finished, I said:

“May I be sacrificed on you! I think that if this supplication is in favour of even those who don't know Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, I think that Hellfire will not touch them!

By Allah, I wish I had gone to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), instead of going to Hajj.”

Imam ('a) said, “You live so close. What prevents you from his Ziyarah? O Muawiyah! Don't forsake it?”

I replied, “May I be sacrificed on you! I did not think that it was so important and it had such great rewards.”

Imam ('a) said, “Muawiyah! Those who pray for the visitors of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) in the heavens are more than those who pray for them on earth.”

Tradition 3: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Muawiyah! Don't forsake the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) because of fear. Because he that abandons the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) will regret it so much that he will wish his grave was beside him. Do you like Allah to see you among those for whom Allah's Messenger, Ali, Fatimah the Imams ('a) pray?

Do you like to be of those who return forgiven of their past sins and to return from his Ziyarah with seventy years of sins forgiven? Do you like to be of those who will not have any sins about which they will be questioned when they leave this life? Do you like to be of those whose hands Allah's Messenger (S) will shake tomorrow?

Tradition 4: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Indeed, Fatimah (‘a), daughter of Muhammad (S), visits one who performs the Ziyarah of the grave of her son, Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and seeks forgiveness for his sins.