Kāmil al-Ziyārāt - Content

Chapter: The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) by the Angels 6 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي (رح٠ه الله) تَعَالَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ الْهَ٠ْدَانِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) إِنِّي كُنْتُ بِالْحَائِرِ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ وَ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي وَ ثَ٠ِيلَةٍ وُجُوهُهُ٠ْ طَيِّبَةٍ رَوَائِحُهُ٠ْ- وَ أَقْبَلُوا يُصَلُّونَ اللَّيْلَةَ [اللَّيْلَ] أَجْ٠َّا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ سَجَدْتُ ثُ٠َّ رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَلَ٠ْ أَحَداً- فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) إِنَّهُ ٠َرَّ بِالْحُسَيْنِ (ع) خَ٠َلَكٍ وَ هُوَ يُقْتَلُ فَعَرَجُوا إِلَى السَّ٠َاءِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ٠ْ بِابْنِ حَبِيبِي وَ هُوَ يُقْتَلُ فَلَ٠ْ تَنْصُرُوهُ فَاهْبِطُوا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَاسْكُنُوا عِنْدَ قَبْرِهِ شُعْثاً غُبْراً إِلَى يَوْ٠6.

My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from some of his companions, from Aḥmad ibn Qutaybah Al-Hamdāni, from Isḥāq ibn ‘Ammār, who said: I said to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)): On the night of ‘Arafah, I was in Ḥā`ir praying. I saw close to fifty thousand handsome men who smelled beautiful and who were praying Salāt all night. It was after dawn that I prostrated and when I raised my head, I could not see any of them.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (a.s.) said to me: Fifty thousand angels passed by Ḥusain (a.s.) while he was being killed so they ascended to the heavens. Allāh, the Exalted, revealed to them, “You passed by the son of My love and he was being killed but you did not help him. Descend to the earth and dwell near his grave while you are disheveled and covered with dust until the rising of the Hour.”