فَلَمَّا مَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كَانَ لِلنَّاسِ فِي...

So when Al-Hassan -asws passed away, there was Al-Husayn -asws for the people as a solace and comfort for them. So when Al-Husayn -asws was killed, there were not any from the of the Cloak for the people after him -asws as a solace and comfort. So his -asws going away was like the going away of all of them -asws , just as his -asws remaining was like the remaining of all of them -asws . So it is for that (reason) that his -asws day is the day of the greatest calamity’.

[15] Salat on Day of Ashura: محمد بن الحسن في (المصباح): عن عبد الله بن سنان، Muhammad Bin Al Hassan in (the book) Al Misbah, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) – في حديث – قال: أفضل ما يأتي به في هذا اليوم يعني يوم عاشورا أن تعمد إلى ثياب طاهرة فتلبسها وتتسلب، قلت: وما التسلب ؟ From Abu Abdullah -asws – in a Hadeeth – said: ‘The most superior of you can come with during this day, meaning the day of Ashoura is that you deliberate to clean clothes, so you wear these and you should be in mourning’.

I said, ‘And what is being in mourning?’ قال تحلل أزرارك وتكشف عن ذراعيك كهيئة أصحاب المصائب، ثم تخرج إلى أرض مقفرة، أو مكان لا يراك به أحد، أو تعمد إلىمنزل لك خال، أو في خلوة، منذ حين يرتفع النهار، فتصلي أربع ركعات تحسن ركوعها وسجودها وخشوعها، وتسلم بين كل ركعتين، He -asws said: ‘You loosen your (shirt) buttons and uncover from your forearms just like the ones bereaved.

Then you go out to a desolate land, or a place where no one can see you, or you deliberate to a house which is empty, or in isolation, as soon as the day rises. So you pray four Rakats Salat , performing well its Rukus and its Sujouds , and its modesty, and you greet ( Salam ) between every two Rakats .