Tradition 1: Safwan Jamal said: Amir Ibn Abdullah and were with Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) when Amir said, “People believe that Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) was buried at Ruhbah. “No,” Imam ('a) replied. “Then where is he buried?” Asked Amir.

The Imam ('a) replied: After the passing away of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a), Imam Al-Hasan ('a) carried him to a place behind Kufa, near Najaf River, to the left side of Ghari, and right of Hirah. He buried him there in white sand.

After some time Safwan Jamal went there and thought that he found the grave. On his return he asked Imam ('a) about it and he said thrice, “May Allah have mercy on you, you went to the right place.”

Tradition 2: Imam Al-Husayn ('a) was asked, “Where did you bury Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a)?”

He replied, “We carried him out during the night, passed the Masjid Ashath and then to the area behind Ghari.”

Tradition 3: The narrator says: Umar Ibn Yazid came to me once and asked me to mount. I mounted and we travelled till we reached the house of Hafs Kunasi. Umar asked Hafs to join us also, and he did. We travelled till we arrived in Ghari. We arrived at a grave. Umar said, “Alight! This is the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a).” “How do you know?” We asked. He said: “I came here with Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) more than once when he was in Hirah and he told me that it was his grave.”

Tradition 4: When Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) was in Hirah, he asked the narrator, “Don't you want that which I promised you?”

“Yes,” I replied - he meant going to the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a).

The Imam mounted and his son, Ismail also accompanied him. I also mounted and we set out till we passed Thawiyyah and stopped between Hirah and Najaf, besides white and bright sand. Imam ('a), his son, Ismail and I descended, and we all prayed there. Then Imam ('a) said to Ismail, “Stand up and salute your grandfather, Husayn Ibn Ali ('a).”

I asked, “May Ibe sacrificed for you! Is Husayn ('a) not in Karbala?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Yes, but when his severed head was being taken to Sham, one of our friends stole it and buried it besides Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a).”

Tradition 5: When Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) passed through the area at the rear of Kufa, he stopped there and prayed two Rakats. Then he moved behind a little and prayed another two Rakats. Then he moved forward a little and prayed another two Rakats. Then he said, “This is the site of the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a).”

“May I be sacrificed on you! What were the other two locations on which you prayed?” I asked.

“Site of the head of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and site of the pulpit of Qa’im ('a).”

Tradition 6: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: You shall see two graves when you go to Ghari, a large and a small one. The large one is that of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) and the small one contains the head of Imam Al-Husayn ('a).

Tradition 7: Once I travelled with Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) from Qadisiyyah. When we arrived in Najaf, he said: This is the mountain on which the son of my grandfather, Nuh ('a), sought refuge and said,

سَآوِي إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ

“I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall protect me from the water!” (11:43).

Allah, the blessed and exalted, revealed to the Najaf Mountain, “O Najaf, will you allow Nuh's son to seek refuge from Me?”

The mountain collapsed into pieces which then spread to the borders of Sham.

Then the Imam ('a) said, “Let's move.”

So, we continued till we arrived at Ghari. Imam ('a) stopped at the grave, saluted all the prophets, beginning with Prophet Adam ('a) until Allah's Messenger (S), and I saluted them also. Then he ('a) fell on the grave, saluted the owner, and cried aloud. Afterwards he stood up and prayed four Rakats, and I followed suit.

After prayers, I asked, “O son of Allah's Messenger, whose grave is this?”

“My grandfather, Ali Ibn Abi Talib ('a).”

Tradition 8: The narrator says: I told Imam Al-Kadhim ('a) about the way in which Yahya Ibn Musa harasses those who come for the Ziyarah of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a). I said that he went on excursions to Thawiyyah and indeed, the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin was little further. I said that this was the place Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) described to Safwan:

Once you reach Ghari behind Kufa, turn your back to Ghari and move forward a bit to the right to Najaf. When you come to white-coloured gravel with the mountain road before you, you will find the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a).

I told the Imam ('a) that I gone to that place many times but some of our companions do not believe that Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) was buried there. Some believe he was buried in Kufa Masjid while others think that he was buried in the palace, but I always reminded them that Allah would not allow the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) to be in the abode of oppressors and it cannot be in the Masjid, because his children wanted to hide the place of his burial.

I asked the Imam ('a), “Which of us is correct?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Your opinion is correct, because you followed the statement of Imam As-Sadiq (a). Abu Muhammad, I don't think any of our companions is having your opinion or is being inclined to your view.”

I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, is this a divine blessings on me?”

“Yes. Indeed, Allah gives Taufeeq to whomever He likes and makes him a trustee of that belief so you should consider it to be a divine gift and praise Allah and say, 'This is a Taufeeq from Allah.”

Tradition 9: Same as previous.

Tradition 10: Yunus Ibn Zabyan said: I was with Ima m As-Sadiq (‘a) when he was brought to Mansur Dawaniqi in Hirah. On a cloudless moonlit night, the Imam ('a) looked at the sky and said, “Yunus! Do you see how beautiful these stars are? Indeed, these planets of light are security of the folks of the heavens just as we are security of the folks of the earth.”

Then he asked me to have the donkey and the mule saddled. Once they were ready, Imam ('a) asked me which mount I preferred. I thought that since the Imam ('a) would prefer the mule because it was stronger, I chose the donkey. But Imam ('a) said: Give me the donkey.

When we came outside Hirah, Imam ('a) asked me to move ahead and I did so. He kept on saying right and left till we came to some red gravel and said: “This is the site.”

Then he moved slightly to the right where there was a well with some water in it with which he made Wudhu. Then he moved to a mound and prayed besides it. Then he leaned over it and cried. Then he moved to a smaller mound besides the first and repeated what he had done.

Then said, “Yunus! Do as I did.” I followed suit.

After that he ('a) asked, “Yunus! Do you know where we are?”

“No,” I replied.

“The first place was the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) and the second, where the head of Imam Husai n ('a) was buried.”

After the cursed Ubaidullah Ibn Ziyad sent the severed head of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) to Sham, it was sent back to Kufa, but Ubaidullah said, “Take the severed head out of Kufa so that it does not create public unrest.”

But Allah placed the head besides Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) and it was joined to Imam Al-Husayn's body. So, the head and body are now together.

Tradition 11: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When I was in Hirah with Abil Abbas, I used to go at night to the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) located at the side of Ghari Noman towards Najaf. I prayed the Midnight Prayers at the grave and returned before sunrise.

Tradition 12: Safwan Ibn Mahran asked Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) about the location of the grave of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a). He described that it was located in the land of hardened sand.

He went to the described site and prayed there. The following year, he came to Imam ('a) and informed that he had gone to the described place and had prayed there. He told him that he had found the correct place. Then for twenty years after that he used to go to that site every year and pray besides it.

Tradition 13: Similar to traditions in this chapter.