My father narrated to me from all of my scholars...
My father narrated to me from all of my scholars, from Saad ibn Abd Allah, from Mohammed ibn Hussain ibn Abil Khattab, from Abi Dawud Al-Mustariq, from some of our companions, who said: Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Ali -asws ibn Hussain -asws (Imam Sajjad -asws ) cried over his -asws father -asws , Hussain -asws Ibn Ali -asws for twenty years – or forty years – and whenever food was brought to him -asws , he -asws would cry over Hussain -asws .
One day, his servant said to him, ‘May I sacrifice myself for you -asws , O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww ! I am afraid that you -asws may die (from grief). He (the Imam Sajjad -asws ) replied: I only complain of my distress and grief to Allah, and I know from Allah what you do not know (12:86) [16] . Verily whenever I -asws remember the killing of the children of Syeda Fatimah -asws , I -asws am choked with tears over them -asws .
[17] حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْخَشَّابِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَا قَتِيلُ الْعَبْرَةِ لَا يَذْكُرُنِي مُؤْمِنٌ إِلَّا اسْتَعْبَرَ. It is narrated that: Abu Abdullah -asws said: Hussain -asws Ibn Ali -asws said: I -asws am the Martyr of Tears. No Momin (believer) remembers me -asws without crying.
[18] Orating (Singing) Poetry in the Masjid: وسألته عن الشعر أيصلح أن ينشد في المسجد ؟ قال: لا بأس. And I asked him -asws about the poetry, is it correct if one vocalises (orates/sings) in the Masjid?’ There is no problem’. [19] (An extract from a long Hadith) Reward for Reciting Poetry about Hussain -asws قَالَ الصَّادِقُ (عليه السلام): ماَ مِن أحَدٍ قَالَ في الحُسَينِ شِعراً فَبَكى وَ أبكى بِهِ إلاَّ أوجَبَ اللهُ لَهُ الجَنَّةَ وَ غَفَرَ لَهُ.
Imam Sadiq -asws said: There is none who recites poetry about Hussain -asws and weeps and makes others weep by means of it, except that Allah -azwj makes Paradise incumbent upon him and forgives his sins. [20] Poetry Recitation During the Period of Mourning قَالَ الرِّضَا (عليه السلام): اُحِبُّ أن تُنشِدَنِي شِعراً فَإنَّ هَذِهِ الأيامَ أيامُ حُزنٍ كانَت عَلَينَا.
Imam Reza -asws said (to De’bil, a poet sincerely devoted to the Ahl Al-Bayt -asws ): I -asws desire that you recite for me -asws poetry, for surely, these days (of the month of Muharram) are the days of grief and sorrow, which have passed over us -asws , Ahl Al-Bayt -asws .