Kāmil al-Ziyārāt - Content

Chapter: The Behavior Expected of Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) َدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) تَزُورُونَ خَيْرٌ ٠ِنْ أَنْ لَا تزورون [تَزُورُوا- وَ لَا تَزُورُونَ خَيْرٌ ٠ِنْ أَنْ تزورون [تَزُورُوا قَالَ قُلْتُ قَطَعْتَ ظَهْرِي قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُ٠ْ لَيَذْهَبُ إِلَى قَبْرِ أَبِيهِ كَئِيباً حَزِيناً وَ تَأْتُونَهُ أَنْتُ٠ْ بِالسُّفَرِ كَلَّا حَتَّى تأتونه [تَأْتُوهُ شُعْثاً غُبْراً 2.

Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from his father, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from Zur’ah ibn Muḥammad Al-Ḥaďrami, from Mufaďďal ibn ‘Umar, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said, “Going to the Ziyārah (of Ḥusain (a.s.)) is better than not going. (However, sometimes) not going to (his) Ziyārah is better than going.” I said, “You broke my back!!!” Imam (a.s.) said, “By Allāh!

When you people go to the graves of your fathers you are anguished and grieved. However, when you go to him (Ḥusain (a.s.)) you carry different kinds of food with you. No! (It is better not to go to him) unless you go disheveled and covered with dust.”