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Chapter 71: Reward Of The Ziyarah Of Imam Al-Husayn ('A) On Ashura Day

Tradition 1: I went to Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) on Ashura Day and he said to me: These - visitors of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) - are the visitors of Allah and it is an obligation on the host to honour the visitor. One who spends the night of Ashura at the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) will meet Allah on Judgment Day stained with his blood as if he was slain with him in Karbala. One who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on Ashura Day and spends the night near his grave is like one who was martyred in the presence of Husayn ('a).

Tradition 2: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Paradise is confirmed for one who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on Ashura Day.

Tradition 3: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: One who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on Ashura Day with recognition of his rights is like one who visits Allah on His Throne.

Tradition 4: The Imams ('a) said: One who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on Ashura Day is like one who is smeared with his blood in his presence.

Tradition 5: Madaini narrates: One who distributes water on Ashura Day at the tomb of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) is like one who distributed water to the army of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and was martyred in his camp.

Tradition 6: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: One who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on Ashura Day, is as if he has performed the Ziyarah of Allah atop His Arsh.

Tradition 7: Imam Al-Baqir ('a) said: One who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on tenth Muharram and spends the night besides him, weeping over him, will meet the Almighty Allah, with the reward of two million Hajj and two million Umrahs and reward of fighting two million battles for Allah. Also, the reward of each of these Hajj, Umrah and battles will be equivalent to the reward of one who has performed Hajj, Umrah and Jihad with Allah's Messenger and Righteous Imams - Allah's blessings be on all of them.

Al-Qama says: I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you! What about one who is in distant lands and far off countries and cannot travel to him on that day?”

Imam ('a) replied: On Ashura Day, before noon, he should go to a desert or an elevated portion of his house and recite salutations to Imam Al-Husayn ('a), curse his killers excessively and pray two Rakats prayers. Then he should mourn and lament over Imam Al-Husayn ('a), order everyone in his house to lament him, hold a gathering in his house narrating Imam Al-Husayn's tragedies and become restless on the tragedies of the Imam ('a), meet one another weeping and consoling one another over the Imam's tragedies. If they do so, I guarantee that the Almighty Allah will record all of those rewards for him.

I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, will you guarantee these rewards for one who does this?”

Imam ('a) replied, “I guarantee for one who does this.” I asked, “How should they console each another?” Imam ('a) replied: They should say:

عَظَّمَ اللَّهُ أُجُورَنَا بِمُصَابِنَا بِالْحُسَيْنِ ع وَ جَعَلَنَا وَ إِيَّاكُمْ مِنَ الطَّالِبِينَ بِثَأْرِهِ مَعَ وَلِيِّهِ الْإِمَامِ الْمَهْدِيِّ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص

Translation: May Allah increase our rewards for being aggrieved over the tragedy of Husayn ('a) and may He make us and you among those who seek revenge for him with his heir, the Mahdi from Aali Muhammad ('a).

Imam ('a) added: If possible, don't attempt to fulfil your needs on that day, for it is an ominous day when needs are not fulfilled. And even if they are fulfilled, one will not be blessed with them, nor will he find any good in them.

Do not buy or store anything in your house on this day. One who does so will not find any blessings in it nor will he be blessed with his family.

Allah will record the reward of a million Hajj, a million Umrahs and a million battles for one who follows these instructions, and all of this will be recorded as if it was done with Allah's Messenger (S).

They will also earn the reward of being afflicted by tragedies of all prophets, messengers, truthful ones and the martyrs or were killed since the day Allah created this world until Judgment Day.

Alqamah added: I said to Imam Al-Baqir ('a), “Teach me an invocation to recite on that day if I perform his Ziyarah at his grave and an invocation that I can recite if I cannot perform his Ziyarah at his grave and have to direct my salutation to him from a distant land on the roof of my house.”

Imam ('a) said: Alqamah! If you pray two Rakats prayers after saluting him and then recite the following invocation directing your salutation to him, you have invoked Allah with that which the angels invoke Him when they perform the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and Allah will record a million good deeds for you, erase a million sins and add a hundred million ranks to your rank.

You will be considered among those martyred with Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and you will share their ranks. You will not be known for anything except being among those martyred with him and the reward of every prophet, every messenger and every person who has gone to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) since the day he was slain will be recorded for you.

Recite the following:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خِيَرَةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ خِيَرَتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ ابْنَ سَيِّدِ الْوَصِيِّينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ فَاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ ثَارِهِ وَ الْوِتْرَ الْمَوْتُورَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى الْأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ وَ أَنَاخَتْ بِرَحْلِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي جَمِيعاً سَلَامُ اللَّهِ أَبَداً مَا بَقِيتُ وَ بَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَظُمَتِ الرَّزِيَّةُ وَ جَلَّتِ الْمُصِيبَةُ بِكَ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً أَسَّسَتْ أَسَاسَ الظُّلْمِ وَ الْجَوْرِ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً دَفَعَتْكُمْ عَنْ مَقَامِكُمْ وَ أَزَالَتْكُمْ عَنْ مَرَاتِبِكُمُ الَّتِي رَتَّبَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِيهَا وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكُمْ- وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْمُمَهِّدِينَ لَهُمْ بِالتَّمْكِينِ مِنْ [قِتَالِكَ‌] قِتَالِكُمْ بَرِئْتُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَ مِنْ أَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِمْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمَكُمْ وَ حَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ آلَ زِيَادٍ وَ آلَ مَرْوَانَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ قَاطِبَةً وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ ابْنَ مَرْجَانَةَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ عُمَرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ شَمِراً وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً أَسْرَجَتْ وَ أَلْجَمَتْ وَ تَهَيَّأَتْ لِقِتَالِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي لَقَدْ عَظُمَ مُصَابِي بِكَ فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَ مَقَامَكَ أَنْ يُكْرِمَنِي بِكَ وَ يَرْزُقَنِي طَلَبَ ثَارِكَ مَعَ إِمَامٍ مَنْصُورٍ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي وَجِيهاً عِنْدَكَ بِالْحُسَيْنِ [بِالْحُسَيْنِ عِنْدَكَ‌]- فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ يَا سَيِّدِي يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ إِلَى رَسُولِهِ وَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ وَ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ وَ إِلَيْكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُوَالاتِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ وَ مِمَّنْ قَاتَلَكَ وَ نَصَبَ لَكَ الْحَرْبَ وَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ وَ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِمَّنْ أَسَّسَ الْجَوْرَ وَ بَنَى عَلَيْهِ بُنْيَانَهُ وَ أَجْرَى ظُلْمَهُ وَ جَوْرَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ عَلَى أَشْيَاعِكُمْ بَرِئْتُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْكُمْ بِمُوَالاتِكُمْ وَ مُوَالاةِ وَلِيِّكُمْ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ وَ مِنَ النَّاصِبِينَ لَكُمُ الْحَرْبَ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِمْ إِنِّي سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمَكُمْ وَ حَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ- وَ وَلِيُّ [مُوَالٍ‌] لِمَنْ وَالاكُمْ وَ عَدُوٌّ لِمَنْ عَادَاكُمْ فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَنِي بِمَعْرِفَتِكُمْ- وَ مَعْرِفَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكُمْ وَ رَزَقَنِي الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَ لِي عِنْدَكُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ- وَ أَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَنِي الْمَقَامَ الْمَحْمُودَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي طَلَبَ ثَارِكُمْ- مَعَ إِمَامٍ مَهْدِيٍّ نَاطِقٍ لَكُمْ وَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ بِحَقِّكُمْ وَ بِالشَّأْنِ الَّذِي لَكُمْ عِنْدَهُ- أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي بِمُصَابِي بِكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مَا أَعْطَى مُصَاباً بِمُصِيبَةٍ [بِمُصِيبَتِهِ‌] أَقُولُ‌ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ‌ يَا لَهَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ مَا أَعْظَمَهَا وَ أَعْظَمَ رَزِيَّتَهَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ- وَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ [الْأَرَضِينَ‌] اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا مِمَّنْ تَنَالُهُ مِنْكَ صَلَوَاتٌ وَ رَحْمَةً وَ مَغْفِرَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَحْيَايَ مَحْيَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مَمَاتِي مَمَاتَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ تَنَزَّلَتْ [تَنْزِلُ‌] فِيهِ اللَّعْنَةُ عَلَى آلِ زِيَادٍ وَ آلِ أُمَيَّةَ وَ ابْنِ آكِلَةِ الْأَكْبَادِ اللَّعِينِ بْنِ اللَّعِينِ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ فِي كُلِّ مَوْطِنٍ وَ مَوْقِفٍ وَقَفَ فِيهِ نَبِيُّكَ ص اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَ عَلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ اللَّعْنَةَ أَبَدَ الْآبِدِينَ اللَّهُمَّ فَضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ اللَّعْنَةَ أَبَداً لِقَتْلِهِمُ الْحُسَيْنَ ع اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ فِي مَوْقِفِي هَذَا وَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِي بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمْ وَ اللَّعْنَةِ [بِاللَّعْنِ‌] عَلَيْهِمْ وَ بِالْمُوَالاةِ لِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah! Peace be on you, O son of the Apostle of Allah! Peace be on you, O son of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a)! Peace be on you, O son of Fatimah, the choicest among the women of the worlds! Peace be on you, O the select, surpassing, chosen in preference over all good of Allah, and son of Allah's good. Peace be on you, who was martyred while fighting heroically in the cause of Allah, the son of Allah's fearless warrior, you were isolated and had been attacked with a vengeance! Peace be on you and on those souls who had gathered in your camp, and moved along with you, in your journey. I pray and invoke Allah to keep all of you tranquil and restful, forever; so far as I am alive, this is my prayer, · and till nights and days follow each other. O Abu Abdullah! unbearable is the sorrow, nerve-racking is the agony, you put up with, for us and for all Muslims, crimes committed against you also shocked and unnerved the dwellers of the heavens, one and all. May Allah condemn and curse the people who laid the basis and set up the groundwork, to wander astray and turn aside from not only you and your family but to take liberties and bear hard upon you. May Allah condemn and curse those who tried to obscure and deny your office and status, wilfully neglected your rank and class Allah had made known in clear terms. May Allah condemn and curse those who killed you. May Allah condemn and curse the abettors who instigated and had a part in your murder. I turn to you and Allah, away from them, their henchmen, their followers and friends, O Abu Abdullah, I pray and invoke Allah to bless you. I make peace with those who make their peace with you, I make war on those who go to war against you, till the Day of Judgment. May Allah condemn and curse the family of Ziyad and the family of Marwan; may Allah condemn and damn the group and the tribe of Umayyah, one and all, altogether; may Allah condemn and curse the son of Marjanah; may Allah condemn and curse Umar son of Saad; may Allah condemn and curse Shimr; may Allah condemn and curse the people who bridled the horses and erected the saddles for your martyrdom. I, my father and mother are at your disposal. Profound is my sorrow for you. I beg Allah, who honoured you above others, to be generous towards me on account of you, and give me the opportunity to be with the victorious Imam, the descendant of Muhammad (blessings and peace be on him and on his children from Allah) at the time of the final and decisive war against Allah's enemies. O my Allah make me attend to Your cause, sincerely, in every respect following in Husayn's footsteps, in this world and the hereafter.

O Abu Abdullah, I pray and invoke Allah to send blessings on you. I come nearer and seek greater intimacy with Allah, with His Apostle, with Amir Al-Mu’minin, with Fatimah, with Hasan and with you, with the help of your love and patronage, cutting off every connection with those who took up arms against you and killed you. I disconnect all links with those who, in the beginning, took the first steps to take liberties with and bear hard upon you, I take refuge with Allah and His Apostle (blessings of Allah be on him and on his children), free from the guilt of associating with those who laid the foundation for (your suffering), devised and carried out their corrupt plan of action, boldly gave currency to reign of terror and cruelty to oppress you and your friends and followers; I detach myself from them and present myself to Allah and to you, I (first) seek greater intimacy with Allah and then with you to win your love and patronage, and to make friends with your friends, cut off all links with your enemies, and with those who planted the seeds of hostility against you, and reject and discard their associates, their followers and their friends. I make peace with those who made their peace with you, I search out and confront those who waged war against you, I make friends with those who stood by you, I strive against those who came in conflict with you, therefore, I make a request to Allah to acquaint (me) with the awareness that perceives you and your friends, to set me free from the corrupting influence of your enemies, to make me keep company with you in this world and in the Hereafter, stand firm beside you and follow your footsteps closely in this world and in the next world. I beseech Him that he helps me to reach your highly praised station, given to you by Allah, (to meet you), that He provides me the opportunity to fight for justice and fair play along with and under the leadership of the rightly guided guide (in your progeny) who surely will come and speak the truth.

I beseech Allah in the name of your right and the purpose He assigned to you, that He overwhelms me with grief in memory of your sorrows, more than the personal grief that torments anyone who is in great agony, sorrows which have no parallel and overshadow all calamities that took place in the history of Islam, for that matter, throughout the whole universe. O my Allah, in this very spot, treat me like him (or her) who obtains from You (Your) blessings, mercy and forgiveness. O my Allah, bring me to life again, after death, in the place Muhammad and his progeny are dwelling, and make me depart from this world like Muhammad and his progeny had left, O my Allah this day is a day of rejoicing for the “Bani Umayyah”, the herd of hardened criminals, the eternally damned and accursed group, a fact that had been made public by You and by Your Prophet (blessings of Allah be on him and on his children), who, in every place and at all occasions, drew attention of people to this fact. O my Allah, condemn and curse Abu Sufyan, Yazid son of Muawiyah and let it be an everlasting curse upon them from You. Today the descendants of Ziyad and Marwan make merry, laugh and dance, because on this day they killed Husayn (blessings of Allah be on him). O my Allah, therefore, double up the curse You bring upon them and also the punishment You decree for them. O my Allah, I seek nearness to You today in this frame of mind, cutting off all links with them for the rest of my life, denouncing them because of my love for Your Prophet and his children, peace be on him and them.

Then recite a hundred times:

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ ظَلَمَ حَقَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ [آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ حُقُوقَهُمْ‌] وَ آخِرَ تَابِعٍ لَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْعِصَابَةَ الَّتِي حَارَبَتِ [جَاهَدَتِ‌] الْحُسَيْنَ وَ شَايَعَتْ وَ بَايَعَتْ [تَابَعَتْ‌] أَعْدَاءَهُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ وَ قَتْلِ أَنْصَارِهِ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمْ جَمِيعاً

Translation: O my Allah condemn and curse the first tyrant who unjustly and wrongfully usurped that which rightly belonged to Muhammad and Aali Muhammad, and bring curse upon those who, after him, followed in his footsteps. O my Allah condemn and curse those conspirators who vexed and harassed Husayn, showed eagerness, agreed mutually and joined hands to kill him. O Allah curse all of them.

Then recite a hundred times:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى الْأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ وَ أَنَاخَتْ بِرَحْلِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي سَلَامُ اللَّهِ أَبَداً مَا بَقِيتُ وَ بَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ وَ لَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَى الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الْحُسَيْنِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah, and on those souls who came to your camp to put themselves at your disposal. So far· I am alive and the. days and nights follow each other, I invoke Allah to bless you forever and ever. May Allah not make this pledge of close association, physical as well as spiritual, with you the last fulfilment. Peace be on Husayn, and on Ali son of Husayn, and on the children of Husayn, and on the companions of Husayn.

Then recite a hundred times:

اللَّهُمَّ خُصَّ أَنْتَ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ ظَلَمَ آلَ نَبِيِّكَ بِاللَّعْنِ ثُمَّ الْعَنْ أَعْدَاءَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ يَزِيدَ وَ أَبَاهُ وَ الْعَنْ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ وَ آلَ مَرْوَانَ وَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ قَاطِبَةً إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

Translation: O my Allah, let the curse I call down on the head of the first tyrant stick like a leech; and stay put forever on the first, then the second, the third and the fourth. O Allah damn and call down evil on the fifth, Yazid son of Muawiyah, and bring a curse upon Ubaidullah, son of Ziyad, Ibn Marjanah, Umar son of Saad, and Shimr, and on the descendants of Abu Sufyan, on the descendants of Ziyad, on the descendants of Marwan, till Judgment Day.

Then go into prostration and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدَ الشَّاكِرِينَ عَلَى مُصَابِهِمْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى عَظِيمِ مُصَابِي وَ رَزِيَّتِي فِيهِمْ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي شَفَاعَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْوُرُودِ وَ ثَبِّتْ لِي قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَكَ مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ أَصْحَابِ الْحُسَيْنِ الَّذِينَ بَذَلُوا مُهَجَهُمْ- دُونَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Translation: O my Allah! (All) praise is for You (alone); praise of the “Ever-thankful to You”, who glorify You whatever come to pass. (All) praise is for Allah for my deep­ felt intense grief. O my Allah make available for me the recommendations of Husayn on the day I present myself before You, let me stand firm in safety before You on account of my sincere attachment with Husayn, along with him and his comrades, who sacrificed everything they had (heart, mind, soul and life) for Husayn, peace be on them all.

Alqamah added: Imam Al-Baqir ('a) said, “Alqamah! If you can perform his Ziyarah by reading this Ziyarah every day of your life, do so, for if Allah wills, you will get all the rewards which were mentioned.