[1] Protocol of Collecting the Clay of the Grave of Hussain -asws ...
[1] Protocol of Collecting the Clay of the Grave of Hussain -asws : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ره عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ رَفِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع لَتُرْبَةً حَمْرَاءَ فِيهَا شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ الْقَبْرَ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعْنَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَاحْتَفَرْنَا عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الْقَبْرِ فَلَمَّا حَفَرْنَا قَدْرَ ذِرَاعٍ انْحَدَرَتْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَأْسِ الْقَبْرِ مِثْلُ السَّهْلَةِ حَمْرَاءَ قَدْرَ دِرْهَمٍ فَحَمَلْنَاهُ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَمَزَجْنَاهُ وَ خَبَيْنَاهُ فَأَقْبَلْنَا نُعْطِي النَّاسَ يَتَدَاوَوْنَ بِهِ My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillah, from Ya’qub ibn Yazid, from Hassan ibn ‘Ali, from Yunus ibn Rafi’ (Rabi’), who said: Abi ‘Abdillah (Imam Sadiq -asws ) said, “There is some red dust next to the head of Hussain -asws ibn ‘Ali -asws which is the cure for every disease except death.” After we heard this Hadith, we went to the Grave (of Hussain -asws ) and started digging (the area) next to the holy head of the grave.
After digging a little, about one dirham [2] of red dust which looked like sand started to flow down from the direction of the head. We took it to Kufah, mixed it (with water), and covered it. Then we started distributing it to people to cure their diseases.
[3] حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ره وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِزْقِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السَّرَّاجِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ يُؤْخَذُ طِينُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع مِنْ عِنْدِ الْقَبْرِ عَلَى قَدْرِ سَبْعِينَ بَاعاً My father, Mohammed ibn Hassan, and ‘Ali ibn Hussain all narrated to me from Sa’d, from Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn ‘Isa, from Rizqillah ibn ‘Ala, from Sulayman ibn ‘Amr Al-Sarraj, from some of our companions, who said: Abi Abdillah (Imam Sadiq -asws ) said: The clay of the grave of Hussain -asws can be collected from up to a distance of seventy fathoms [4] from the grave.
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