The Heavens cried for forty days with blood (weeping) over Hussain -asws ...

The Heavens cried for forty days with blood (weeping) over Hussain -asws ; the earth cried for forty days by being covered with darkness; the sun cried for forty days by being in eclipse and by turning red; the mountains were torn apart and dispersed; the seas gushed out and the angels cried for forty days over him -asws .

(After Hussain -asws was killed) all of our -asws women stopped dying their hair, using kohl, applying oil, and styling their hair until the head of ‘Ubaydillah ibn Ziyad was sent to us -asws ; and even after that we (all) continued to weep over him -asws .

Whenever my grandfather (Imam Sajjad -asws ) would remember Hussain -asws ; he -asws would cry so much that his -asws tears would moisten his beard and everyone around him -asws would start crying, sympathising with his -asws tears over Hussain -asws . Verily, the angels (who are posted) by the grave of Hussain -asws cry over him -asws (so much) that every angel in the sky and in the Heavens cries because of their tears.

When the soul of Hussain -asws left (his -asws body), Hell sighed in such an intense way that the earth almost split apart. When the souls of ‘Ubaydil -la ibn Ziyad and Yazid ibn Mu’awiyah – may Allah -zawj ‘s Curse be upon them – left their bodies, Hell whooped so intensely that if it was not for Allah -zawj Containing it, using its dedicated keepers, it would have burnt everyone on earth with its outburst. If permission was given to Hell, it would not have left anything without swallowing it.

However, it is restrained by shackles and controlled by orders. Verily, Hell became violent – beyond the control of its keepers-more than once, until Jabra’il went to it and hit it with his wings, after which it was pacified. Verily Hell cries and laments over Hussain -asws and its fire blazes on the killers of Hussain -asws . If it was not for the Decisive Proofs of Allah -zawj who are on earth, Hell would have destroyed the earth and overturned everything on it.

However, the number of earthquakes will increase only when the Hour draws near. There are no eyes and (there is) not a tear loved more by Allah -zawj than the eyes of those who cry and shed tears over Hussain -asws . Verily, anyone who cries over him -asws connects with Syeds Fatimah -asws , supports her -asws (in her -asws lamentation), connects with the Messenger of Allah -saww , and fulfills our -asws rights.