[41] \n Cursing of the Pigeons on the Killers of Hussain...

[41] \n Cursing of the Pigeons on the Killers of Hussain -asws \n The narrator of the Hadith says: \n Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ) said: \n Choose pigeons as birds in your houses, for verily they curse the killers of Hussain -asws . [42] \n The narrator of the Hadith says: \n I was sitting in the house of Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ): and I saw a pigeon who was cooing for a long time. \n Then Abu Abd Allah -asws looked at me and asked, “O Dawud!

Do you know what this bird is saying?” \n I replied, “May I sacrifice myself for you -asws ! No, I do not.” \n Imam -asws said, “It is cursing the killers of Hussain -asws Ibn ‘AIi -asws .\u00a0 Therefore, choose pigeons as birds in your houses.\u2019 [43] \n The Lamentation of the Owl on Hussain -asws \n The narrator of the Hadith says: \n Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ): asked, “Have you ever seen an owl during the day? \n (People) replied, “No, it never appears during the day.

It only appears at night.” \n Imam -asws said: \n The owls used to take only developed structures as abodes but when Hussain -asws was killed, they refused to stay in developed structures and refused to take anything but wreckages as abodes. \n Verily, the owls always fast during the day and they are grieved until nightfall. At night they chant in grief over Hussain -asws until morning.

[44] \n The narrator of the Hadith says: \n I went to (Imam) Ali Reza -asws and he -asws asked me, “What do people say about owls?” \n I replied, “May I sacrifice myself for you! We have come here to ask you (about this).” \n Imam -asws . said: \n At the time of my grandfather -saww , the Rasool Allah -saww , owls used to live in palaces, houses, and developed structures.

When people used to eat, owls would fly and sit next to them and people would throw (their) food to them and give them water, after which they would return to their nests. \n However, when Hussain -asws was killed, the owls abandoned the developed structures for wreckages, mountains, and deserts and they said, “What an evil nation you are! You have killed the son -asws of your Prophet -saww ‘s daughter -asws .