Tradition 1: Imam As-Sajjad ('a) said: Any believer who weeps over Imam Al-Husayn ('a) with a single tear will be rewarded by Allah for it; he will be made to dwell in rooms in Paradise for long ages. Any believer who cries over us with even a single tear; because of his grief over the way in which our enemies hurt us in this life, will be rewarded by Allah for it; he will be made to dwell in good settlements in Paradise. And any believer, who cries with a single tear, because of his suffering from the pain of being hurt in our way, will be kept away from the difficulties of Judgment Day by Allah and will be safe from Allah's wrath and Hellfire.

Tradition 2: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Crying and Jaza (uneasiness) is detestable over any matter except over Imam Al-Husayn ('a). Indeed, one who cries and acts impatiently on Imam Al-Husayn ('a) will be rewarded.

Tradition 3: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: One who weeps for Imam Al-Husayn ('a) when he is mentioned before him will be rewarded by Allah Himself, even if their tears are as small as the wing of a fly. And Allah will not be pleased with any reward for them lesser than Paradise.

Tradition 4: Same as no. 1.

Tradition 5: Imam Al-Husayn ('a) was never mentioned before Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) during the day, but that he was not seen smiling until nightfall.

Tradition 6: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said to me (the narrator), “Masma, you are from Iraq; don't you go for the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a)?”

I replied: “No. I am well-known among Basrans and we have some people who are supporters of Caliph and we have many enemies from the tribes, enemies of Ahl Al-Bayt and others. I don't feel safe, for they might report me to the Ibn Sulaiman (governor of Kufa) and they will torture me to act as a deterrent for others.

Imam ('a) asked, “Do you not remember what was done to him [Husayn ('a)]?”

I replied, “Yes”.

Imam ('a) asked, “Do you grieve impatiently on it?”

I replied, “Yes, by Allah. I cry over it so much that my family sees its effect on me. And I abstain from food and its effects show on my face.”

Imam ('a) said: May Allah's have mercy on your tears. Indeed, you are among those who grieve for us impatiently, those who are happy in happiness and grieve on our grief and those who are afraid when we are afraid and feel safe when we feel safe. Indeed, when you die, my forefathers ('a) will be there for you and recommending to the Angel of Death. Indeed, the glad tidings they give you will be greater than this. Indeed, the Angel of Death will be more kind and merciful to you than a kind mother on her son.

Then the Imam began to weep and I wept with him.

Then He said: Praise be to Allah, who by His mercy, gave preference to us and favoured us, Ahl Al-Bayt, above His Creation. Masma! Indeed, the earth and heavens cry for us continuously, sympathizing with us since the day Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) was martyred. And angels who cry over us are even more than this. Their tears have not stopped since our killing began.

Allah will have mercy on whoever cries, sympathizing with that which was done to us, before his tears fall from his eyes. If one of those tears were to fall on Hell, it would extinguish the burning heat in such a way that no heat would remain in it.

Know that, one whose heart aches for us will be pleased by seeing us at the time of his death in such a way that his pleasure will stay in his heart until he meets us by the Pool (on Judgment Day).

Indeed, (the Pool of) Kauthar will be delighted when one of our lovers comes to it and will serve him with various kinds of food to such an extent that he will not wish to leave it ever.

Masma! One who drinks even a sip from the Pool will never feel thirsty again and they will never ask for another drink ever. It is as cold as camphor, as fragrant as musk and as tasty as ginger. It is sweeter than honey, softer than butter, purer than a tear and more aromatic than ambergris. It emerges from Tasnim and passes through the streams of Paradise and flows over a riverbed of pearl and rubies. The number of jugs in it is greater than the number of stars; they are made of gold, silver and different gems.

Its fragrance can be perceived from a distance of a thousand years and such fragrances emanate from it onto the face of whoever drinks from it, that he will say, “I wish I had been left right here. I don't need anything else, and I don't wish to be moved from here.”

O Kardin, know that you will be of those who will drink from it and everyone whose eyes wept on us will be blessed by looking at Kauthar and be given a drink from it.

Desires of those who love us more will be satisfied in a greater way and they will feel more pleasure and will find Kauthar water tastier than those who love us less.

Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) will be standing by Hauz Kauthar with a thorny stick, with which he will beat our enemies in such a way that one of them will say, “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Messenger!”

Imam ('a) will reply, “Go to your so and so leader and ask him to intercede for you.”

The man will say, “My leader, whom you mentioned, dissociates himself from me.”

Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) will reply, “Go back and ask the one whom you used to love, follow and whom you preferred above the rest of creation to intercede for you, since he was the best of creation in your eyes, for indeed, only the best of creation can intercede.”

The man will say, “I am dying of thirst!”

Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) will reply, “May Allah aggravate your thirst and need for water!”

I (Masma) asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, how can he even come near the Pool when others cannot?”

Imam ('a) replied: He stayed away from evil acts and abstained from insulting us when we were mentioned in his presence and he avoided some other sinful acts that others dared to commit. But this was not based on following or loving us. On the contrary, it was based on his diligence in worship and religious acts and on being preoccupied with himself rather than talking about others. But his heart was filled with hypocrisy and his religion based on hating us, those who incite hatred towards us, believing in the authority of those two persons of the past and giving preference to them over all.

Tradition 7: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) was asked, “O son of Allah's Messenger! Suppose the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) is disinterred, would anything be found in it?”

Imam ('a) replied: Ibn Bukair! What a great question you asked. Indeed, Imam Al-Husayn ('a) along with his father, mother and his brother, are with Allah's Messenger in his house and they are being rewarded and sustained, like the Prophet (S) is.

Imam Al-Husayn ('a) clings to the right side of the Throne an says, “My lord, fulfil Your promise to me.”

Imam Al-Husayn ('a) looks at his visitors and he knows them and knows their names, fathers' names and what they carry along with them, better than they know their own sons. Also, he looks at those who weep upon him and seeks forgiveness for them and asks his father to seek forgiveness for them. And he says to them:

“O one who weeps on me, if you knew what Allah has prepared for you, you would be happier than you are aggrieved. Allah will indeed, forgive every sin and mistake due to these tears.”

Tradition 8: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: The sins of whoever weeps, even as less as the wing of a mosquito, when we are mentioned before him will be forgiven, even if his sins are greater than the foam of the ocean.

Tradition 9: Same as no. 1.

Tradition 10: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: The Almighty Allah prohibited Hell to scorch the face of anyone who sheds tears when we are mentioned in his presence.