Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said to me (the narrator), “Abu Harun, can you recite a couplet for me about Imam Al-Husayn ('a)?” I recited a couplet for him and he wept. Then he ('a) said, “Recite it like you usually recite in grief­ stricken tone.” So, I recited: “Pass by the grave of Husayn and say to his purified bones...” Imam ('a) wept and asked me to recite more couplets for him. I recited another poem. The Imam ('a) wept again and I also heard ladies weeping from behind the curtain. After I finished, the Imam ('a) said: Abu Harun! If one recites an elegy about Husayn ('a) and weeps and makes ten people weep, Paradise will become obligatory on him and them. If one recites an elegy on Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and weeps and makes five people weep, Paradise will become obligatory on him and them. If one recites an elegy on Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and weeps and makes one person weep, Paradise will become obligatory on him and for he that weeps.

One who sheds tears when Imam Al-Husayn ('a) is mentioned before him will be rewarded by Allah Himself, even if his tears are as small as the wing of a fly. And Allah will not be pleased with any reward for him less than Paradise.

Tradition 2: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said to me (the narrator), “Abu Ammarah, recite a Mariya of Imam Al-Husayn ('a).” So, I recited a couplet and he began to weep. Then I recited another couplet and he wept more. Then I recited another couplet and he wept even more. By Allah, I continued to recite couplets and he went on crying and I also heard others crying from inside the house. Then Imam ('a) said: Abu Ammarah, anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and makes fifty people weep will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and makes forty people weep will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and makes thirty people weep will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and makes twenty people weep will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and makes ten people weep will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and makes one person weep will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and weeps will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites couplets about Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and tries to weep, will be rewarded with Paradise.

Tradition 3: I (the narrator) went to Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) and recited an elegy on Imam Al-Husayn ('a). When I reached this verse:

“What a great disaster! Instead of scattering dust over Imam Al-Husayn, he was rolled in dust!”

A lady weeping behind the curtain, screamed, “Father!”

Tradition 4: Similar to no. 2.

Tradition 5: Similar to no. 2 and 3.

Tradition 6: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said, “There is a fixed reward for every act, except for shedding tears on us.”

Tradition 7: Same as no. 4.