So I chose only my sorrow than O Jibraeel...

So I chose only my sorrow than

O Jibraeel, I give Ibrahim as a ransom for Husain and I approve his

death. So Ibrahim died after three days. After that whenever the Holy

Prophet (S) used to see Imam Husain (a.s.) he used to embrace him and

kissing his lips say: “I am a ransom on you, O one on whom I sacrificed

Kulaini and Barqi have narrated through reliable chains of narrators

from Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) that when Ibrahim the son of the Prophet

died, his death was accompanied by three strange phenomena: the first

was a solar eclipse on that day, so the people said that it was because

When the Holy Prophet (S) heard this he mounted the pulpit and after

praise and glorification of the Almighty Allah said: “O people, sun and

moon are among the signs of the Almighty Allah that move according to

His command and are subservient to His commands; no one’s death or life

So when there is solar or lunar eclipse, you must perform the special

obligatory Ayaat prayer. After that he came down from the pulpit and

prayed the Ayaat prayer with the people. When he concluded the prayer,

applied camphor on his forehead etc. put shroud upon him and set out for

The Holy Prophet (S) accompanied the bier and reached at the grave. Then

people said: “The Prophet has forgotten to pray his funeral prayer due

to the shock of the tragedy. The Prophet arose and said: “Jibraeel has

informed me of what you said. It is not what you think. Allah, the kind

and the informed one has made five times prayers obligatory on you and

pray on those who have prayed.” Then he said: “O Ali, go down into the

grave from the foot side and lay my son in it.” Amirul Momineen (a.s.)

entered the grave and laid the child in the grave. People said: “It is

not appropriate for anyone to lay his child in the grave and to enter

his grave, because the Prophet did not go down into the grave of his

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “It is not unlawful for you to descend into

the grave of your sons, but I am not satisfied that if one of you enters

the grave of his child, and opens the cords of the shroud, and Satan

overpowers him and makes him protest in such a way that would destroy