[12] حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ...

Abul Abbas Al-Qurashi has narrated to me from Mohammed ibn Hussain, who from Hassan ibn Ali Ibn Abi Uthman, who from Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abil Mughirah, from Abi Umarah Al-Munshid, who has said: Abu Abdullah -asws said to me: O Aba Umarah! Recite a poem for me -asws about Hussain -asws . I recited a poem for him -asws and he -asws started crying. Then I recited another poem and he -asws cried (more). Then I recited another poem for him -asws and he -asws cried (even more).

I say it by Allah -azwj that I kept reciting poems for him -asws and he -asws kept crying, and I also heard (others) crying from inside the house as well. Then the Imam -asws said to me: O Aba Umarah! Anyone who recites a poem about Hussain -asws and makes fifty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Hussain -asws and makes forty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise.

Anyone who recites a poem about Hussain -asws and makes thirty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Hussain -asws and makes twenty people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Hussain -asws and makes ten people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Anyone who recites a poem about Hussain -asws and makes one person cry will be rewarded with Paradise.