Let people go where they want to go while you stay with us.

Let people go where they want to go while you stay with us. ”[^3] He (‘a) said once to Hammad, “It has come to my knowledge that some people from Kufa, as well as others in its outskirts, visit on the middle of Sha’ban the grave of Abu ‘Abdullah (‘a), and that some of them recite the Qur’an while others narrate the story (of his martyrdom), while still others laud us, and that the women mourn him.” Hammad said, “I have personally seen some of what you have described.” The Imam (‘a) then said, “ Praise to Allah Who let some people come to us to laud us, to mourn us, while letting our enemies fault them and describe what they do as abominable.