Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: I heard my father ask one of his followers, who had inquired about the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), “To whose Ziyarah are you going and whose pleasure do you seek by this Ziyarah?”

He replied, “Allah, the blessed and exalted.”

My father said: One who prays one prayer at the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) seeking proximity with Allah will meet Him on Judgment Day shining so brightly that his light will cover everything that looks at them. Allah will honour one who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and He will prevent Hellfire from touching him. He will not be prevented from coming to Hauz Kauthar and no one will precede him. Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) will be standing by the Pool and will shake his hands and serve water to him. Then he will enter his dwellings in Paradise accompanied by an angel appointed by Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) who will order the Sirat Bridge to lower itself before him and order Hellfire not to touch him till he passes over it.

Tradition 2: A man came to Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) and asked. “O son of Allah's Messenger! Should one perform the Ziyarah of your father, Imam Al-Husayn ('a)?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Yes, and pray near his grave. But not in front, on the contrary you should stand behind it when praying.”

The man said, “What is the reward for one who performs his Ziyarah?”

Imam ('a) replied. “Paradise, provided he believes in his imamate and follows him.”

The man asked, “What about one who forsakes it intentionally?”

Imam ('a) replied. “He will regret it on the Day of Regret (Judgment Day).”

The man asked, “What about one who stays near his grave (for some days)?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Every day will be equal to a thousand months of worship.”

The man asked, “What about one who spends in traveling to his Ziyarah and who gives charity near it?”

Imam ('a) replied: Angels will bring embalmment and shrouds for him from Paradise and accompany his funeral. After he is shrouded, the angels will pray on him and shroud him again with another shroud over his existing shroud.

Then they will spread flowers under his body and push back the walls of his graves three miles in every direction.

Then a door of Paradise will be opened into his grave and its soothing fragrance will fill the grave until Judgment Day.

The man asked, “What about one who prays near his grave?”

Imam ('a) replied, “One who prays two Rakats of prayer will not ask anything from the Almighty Allah, without Him granting it.”

The man asked, “What about one who performs Ghusl with Euphrates water and then visits him?”

Imam ('a) replied, “If he performs Ghusl with Euphrates water with the intention of visiting him, all his sins will fall off (and he will become sinless) like the day he was born.”

The man asked, “What about one who sends others, but does not go himself fearing affliction?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Allah will recompense him for every Dirham he spends with rewards as great as Uhud mountain and will sustain him with multiple amounts. Also, the afflictions destined for him will be warded off and his wealth will be protected.”

The man asked, “What about one killed near Imam Al-Husayn ('a); for example, one who is apprehended by an unjust ruler and killed?”

Imam ('a) replied: All his sins will be forgiven with the first drop of their blood which is spilt. Then the angels will cleanse the clay from which he was created. Impurities mixed with their clay from material used in the clay of disbelievers, will be removed until it becomes as pure as the clay of sincere prophets. Then his heart will be cleansed, and chest will be expanded and filled with faith. Thus, he will meet Allah pure from every impurity which might be mixed with the heart or body. He will be granted power to intercede for his family members and a thousand brothers in faith. Jibra’il and Angel of Death, along with angels, will undertake praying on him. Also, his shroud and embalmment will be brought from Paradise.

His grave will also be expanded. Lamps will be lighted in it and a door opened from paradise, after which the angels will bring exquisite gifts from paradise. Eighteen days later, he will be moved to the Sacred Sanctuary and will stay there in the company of Allah’s Divine saints and will stay there in the company of Allah’s Divine saints until the trumpet, which will leave nothing alive, is sounded. When it is sounded for the second time and he is resurrected from his graves, the first of those who will shake hands with him will be Allah’s Messenger, Amir Al-Mu’minin and the imams (‘a). They will give glad tidings to him and tell him to hold on to them and follow them to Hauz Kauthar where he will be allowed and give water to whoever he likes.

The man asked, “What about one who is arrested during the Ziyarah?”

Imam ('a) replied: He will receive a kind of pleasure for everyday he is aggrieved and imprisoned until Judgment Day. And if he is also beaten in his imprisonment, he will be rewarded with a Hourie for every time he was beaten. Every time he feels pain, a million good deeds will be added to his deeds and a million sins will be removed from his record and a million ranks will be added to his status. He will be speaking with Allah's Messenger during the judgment process. The carriers of Arsh will shake hands with him and he will be told to ask for whatever he wants. Those who had beaten him during imprisonment will be brought forth for judgment, but they will not be questioned about anything. On the contrary, they will be held by their two upper arms and taken to an angel who will give them a drink from Hamim and a drink from Ghislin, after which they will be placed over frying pans in Hell and told. “Taste that which your hands brought forth by beating this man who was the guest of Allah and the guest of His messenger.” And then the one who is beaten will be brought to the door of Hell and told, “Look at those who beat you and see what is happening to them. Are you satisfied with how you are avenged?” So, one who was beaten will say, “Praise be to Allah who gave victory for us and for the son of His Messenger.”

Tradition 3: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Ibn Bukair! Indeed, Allah has chosen six places of the earth: Baitul Haram (Ka’aba), Haram (Masjid Al-Haram), tombs of prophets, tombs of successors, tombs of the martyrs and Masjids in which the name of Allah is mentioned.

Ibn Bukair! Do you know the reward for one who performs the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), although the ignorant forsake it?

Every morning, an angel calls out at the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), “O those who seek blessings, come to Allah's chosen one, so that you may return with honour and are protected from regret!”

This call is heard by all the inhabitants of the world, except by mankind and Jinn.

On hearing this call, all angels on earth go to the visitor of Husayn ('a) while he is asleep, sanctify Allah near him and ask Allah to be pleased with him.

All angels in the air, who hear this call, respond by glorifying the Almighty Allah. The voices of angels are raised and inhabitants of the first sky respond to their voices by glorifying Allah. The voices of angels and inhabitants of the first sky are loud enough for the inhabitants of the seventh sky and for the prophets to hear, who then ask Allah to invoke mercy and blessings on Imam Al-Husayn (‘a) and pray for one who performs his Ziyarah.