Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Allah will write one who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) longing for him as one who will be safe on Judgment Day. He will give the scroll of deeds in his right hand. He will be under the standard of Husayn (‘a) until he enters Paradise and Imam Al-Husayn ('a) will make him reside at his stage in Paradise. Indeed, Allah is Mighty and Wise.

Tradition 2: Same as Chapter 52, Tradition no. 2.

Tradition 3: Imam Al-Baqir (‘a) said: “If people knew the reward for performing the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), their souls would leave their bodies in remorse, and they would die longing for it.”

I asked, “What ls the reward for going to his Ziyarah?”

Imam ('a) replied: Allah will record the reward of a thousand accepted Hajj, a thousand. accepted Umrahs, a thousand martyrs of Badr, fasting of a thousand people, a thousand accepted prostrations and the reward of freeing a thousand slaves in the way of Allah for one who goes to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) longing for him. He will be protected for a whole year from every calamity, the least of which is Shaitan. And Allah will appoint a noble angel to protect him from front, behind, right, left, above and below.

If' he dies that year, angels of divine mercy will be present with him, bathe and shroud him and seek forgiveness for him. They will also follow him till the grave and widen it as far as the eye can see and Allah will keep him safe from the squeeze of the grave and from fear of angels, Munkar and Nakir. A door will also be opened from his gave to Paradise. On Judgment Day, scroll of deeds will be given in his right hand and he will shine with a light, which illuminates from the east to west. And an announcer will call out. He is one who performed the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn (‘a) with enthusiasm. After that no one will remain on Judgment Day who will not wish that he had also performed the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a).

Tradition 4: Same points as mentioned before.

Tradition 5: I (the narrator) complained to Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) about the way in which I suffer when I tell my relatives and children about the reward of the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a). I complained that they call me a liar, accusing me of forging lies against Imam Ja'far As-Sadiq (‘a).

Imam ('a) replied: O Dharih! Let the people go wherever they want! 'By Allah, Allah boasts about one who performs the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn (‘a) to the proximate angels and the carriers of His throne who welcome those who arrive at the grave of Imam Al-Husayn (‘a).

He says: Don't you see the visitor of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) who came to him longing for him and for Fatimah, daughter of Allah's Messenger? I swear by My glory, magnificence and greatness, I will ordain that they be honoured. I will take them to My Paradise; the Paradise, which I have prepared for My friends, prophets and messengers.

O My angels! These are visitors of Husayn, beloved of Muhammad, My messenger, and Muhammad is My beloved. One who loves Me, loves the one I love and one who loves one I love, loves the one loved by him [Husayn ('a)]. One who hates My beloved, hates Me. It is My right to punish those who hate Me with My most intense chastisement, to burn them with blazing flames of My fire and to make Hell their abode, where I will punish them with such intense chastisement with which I will not punish anyone else.