Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Virtue and Excellence of Visiting abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn, ‘Alayhi al-Salam ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَقُولُ وَكَّلَ الله بِقَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) أَرْبَعَةَ آلافِ ٠َلَكٍ شُعْثٍ غُبْرٍ يَبْكُونَهُ إِلَى يَوْ٠َنْ زَارَهُ عَارِفاً بِحَقِّهِ شَيَّعُوهُ حَتَّى يُبْلِغُوهُ ٠َرِضَ عَادُوهُ غُدْوَةً وَعَشِيَّةً وَإِنْ ٠َاتَ شَهِدُوا جَنَازَتَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لَهُ إِلَى يَوْ٠6.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ishaq ibn Ibrahim from Harun ibn Kharijah who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, say, ‘Allah has assigned four thousand untidy and dusty angels to the grave of al-Husayn, Alayhi al-Salam. They weep for him until the Day of Judgment. They escort one who visits him with proper understanding of his rights, to his secure place.

If he becomes ill these angels visit him mornings and evenings; and if he dies, these angels take part in his funeral and ask forgiveness for him until the Day of Judgment.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/308))