He found the colour of his complexion to have changed.

He found the colour of his complexion to have changed. He was grief-stricken; tears were trickling down his cheeks like pearls.

He said to him, “Why are you weeping, O son of the Messenger of Allah?” He, peace be upon him, answered him by saying, “Are you oblivious to the fact that al-Husayn (‘a) was martyred on this day?” Then he ordered him to look like one who has just been afflicted by a great calamity, to unbutton his shirt, uncover his arms, to leave his head uncovered, and to fast for an entire day and to break his fast with water one hour after ‘asr time, since that was the time when Muhammad's Progeny became bereaved with that great loss.

Then he said to him, “Has the Messenger of Allah (S) been alive, he would be the one to console.”[^5] Imam al-Kaďim (‘a) was never seen smiling during the first ten days of Muharram. He looked very sad, and on the tenth day, such sadness reached its peak, so it was his day of grief and agony. Imam al-Riďa (‘a) has said, “It is for people like al-Husayn (‘a) that the mourners should weep. The memory of the day when al-Husayn (‘a) was martyred surely causes our eyelids to swell.

Our man of dignity was humiliated in the land of karb and bala ’.” Saluting his gravesite, al-Hujjah from among Muhammad's Progeny, may Allah hasten his reappearance, says, “So I shall mourn you in the morning and in the eve, and with tears of blood shall I over you weep.” So, should we not abandon merriment and put on the robes of grief? Should we not cry? Should we not learn how to glorify Allah's Signs by mourning the martyr who died thirsty on the tenth of Muharram?

Today the foundations of the creed, Of guidance, crumbled down And the religion of the truth is now worn out. Today whoever seeks guidance is misled And whoever seeks hope is shunned. Today those who seek their hopes Are rubbed in the dust. Today calamity has marked their every face Today glory on him threw the attire. Today honours for him lowered their heights. Today glory's necklace refused its pearls. Today their sublimity is idled. Today Mudar's glory is in the dark.

Today death descended upon its valley. Today al-Zahra’ stood to wail. Today Asiya joined her to console. Today apostasy returned to the creed. Today Banu Hind achieved their desire. What apology will Hind's sinners on the Judgment Day have When their opponent is the Chosen One and their Judge is Allah?