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Chapter: The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Removes One’s Grief and Fulfills Requests 8 حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) دَعَانِي الشَّوْقُ إِلَيْكَ- أَنْ تَجَشَّ٠ْتُ إِلَيْكَ عَلَى ٠َشَقَّةٍ فَقَالَ لِي لَا تَشْكُ رَبَّكَ فَهَلَّا أَتَيْتَ ٠َنْ كَانَ أَعْظَ٠َ حَقّاً عَلَيْكَ ٠ِنْ قَوْلِهِ فَهَلَّا أَتَيْتَ ٠َنْ كَانَ أَعْظَ٠َ حَقّاً عَلَيْكَ ٠ِنِّي أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ ٠ِنْ قَوْلِهِ لَا تَشْكُ رَبَّكَ قُلْتُ وَ ٠ُ عَلَيَّ حَقّاً ٠ِنْكَ قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ (ع) أَ لَا [أَلَّا أَتَيْتَ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) فَدَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ وَ شَكَوْتَ إِلَيْهِ حَوَائِجَكَ 8.

Abul ‘Abbās Al-Kūfi narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Safwān, from Walīd ibn Ḥassān, from Ibn Abī Ya’fūr, who said: I said to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “My yearning for seeing you has made me endure the difficulties of traveling to you.” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Do not complain (about this) to your Lord!

Why do you not go to the one to whom you have more obligation than you have to me?!” Hearing that there was someone to whom I have more obligation than I have toward him was more difficult for me to handle than hearing him say, “Do not complain (about this) to your Lord.” So I asked, “Toward whom do I have more obligation than I have toward you?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.).

Why do you not go to Ḥusain (a.s.) and invoke Allāh next to his grave and complain to Allāh about your needs?!”