Kāmil al-Ziyārāt - Content

Chapter: How to Establish Prayers Next to the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.) َّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْ٠ُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْيَسَعِ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) وَ أَنَا أَسْ٠َعُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ إِذَا أَتَى قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) قَالَ أَجْعَلُهُ قِبْلَةً إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ قَالَ تَنَحَّ هَكَذَا نَاحِيَةً قَالَ آخُذُ ٠ِنْ طِينِ قَبْرِهِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدِي أَطْلُبُ بَرَكَتَهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ أَوْ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ 5.

Muḥammad ibn Ja’far narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Ayyūb ibn Nūḥ, and from others, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Mughīrah, from Abil Yasa’, who said: I heard a man ask Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) about performing Ghusl before going to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.).

Then he asked, “Can I pray toward Qiblah facing the grave?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Move to the side a little.” The man asked, “Can I take some of the clay of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) and keep it to seek blessings from it?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Yes – or he said – there is nothing wrong with doing so.”