Not much time had passed until his companion returned and...

Not much time had passed until his companion returned and started weeping while reciting: “I have not come to you accept .......” (the same elegy as quoted above). Ibn Shahr Ashob says in his Manaqib, that the Genie lamented upon the grave of the Prophet (S) daily for a year.

It is related in the same book that De’bal says, that my father relates from my grandfather, who relates from his mother Sa’da, the daughter of Malik Khuza’i, that the genie were heard reciting elegies upon Husayn (a.s.) thus, “O son of the Martyr and a Martyr! Whose uncle was the best of uncles Ja’far at Tayyar, astonishment at the sharpened sword that was lifted upon your face and which was covered with dust”.

In another tradition, apart from the one in Manaqib, it is related from De’bal, that here I quote my own elegy: “Go to the pilgrimage to the grave in Iraq that is being visited and is the best of graves, then disobey the ass who desists you from doing so, why should I not come for your pilgrimage O Husayn, may my family and tribe be your ransom, your affection is preserved in the hearts of the intellectual ones, while their hearts are angry upon your enemies, O son of the Martyr and a Martyr!

Whose uncle was the best of uncles Ja’far at Tayyar”. Incident of the congregation of Imam Moosa al Kazim (a.s.) on the day of Nawrooz Ibn Shahr Ashob relates, that (Caliph) Mansoor requested Imam Moosa al Kazim (a.s.) to hold a congregation for greetings on the day of Nawrooz and receive whatever is brought to him. Imam (a.s.) replied, “I have examined the reports transmitted to me from my grandfather the Prophet of Allah (S), and I have not found any details regarding this day of celebration.

This had been the practice of the Persians, while Islam has abolished it, and Allah’s Refuge, that we should enliven the abrogations of Islam”. Mansoor replied, “We do this for diplomacy in our army. I request you in the name of Allah, the Exalted, the Magnificent, to congregate”. Imam Kazim (a.s.) agreed and held a congregation in which the notables and the rich men, as also the army men, arrived to greet him and brought gifts and presents for him.

A slave of Mansoor was standing behind the Imam (a.s.) and was keeping an eye on the gifts and counting them. Behind the men a very old man came forward and said, “O son of the Prophet of Allah! I am a feeble man and possess no wealth.