Any believer...

Any believer, who cries over us -asws with (even) one tear running down his cheek because of his grief over the way in which our enemies hurt us -asws in this life, will be rewarded by Allah -asws for that tear; he will be made to dwell in good settlements in Paradise. [46] The narrator of the Hadith says: Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ) said to me, “O Misma’! You are from Iraq. Do you not go to the grave of Hussain -asws ?” I replied: No.

I am well-known among the people of Basra and we have some people there who are the followers of the Caliph. We (also) have lots of enemies from among the tribes, Nussab [47] and others. I do not feel safe, for they might report me to the son of Sulayman (the governor of Kufa) and they will torture me to act as a deterrent for others.

Imam -asws asked, ‘Do you not remember what was done to him -asws (Hussain -asws )?” I replied, “Yes.” Imam -asws asked, “Do you grieve impatiently (over Husain -asws ‘s tragedy)?” I replied, “Yes! I swear to Allah -zawj (that I do)! I cry over (that which was done to him -asws ) so much that my family sees the effect (of my grief) over me. And I abstain from eating and its effects (also) appear on my face.” Imam -asws said: May Allah -zawj ‘s Mercy be upon your tears!

Verily, you are counted among those who grieve impatiently for us -asws , those who are happy for our happiness and grieve over our grief, and those who are afraid when we are afraid, and feel safe when we feel safe. Verily, when you die, my forefathers -asws will be there for you and they will be giving recommendations to the Angel of Death about you. Verily, the glad tidings that they (my forefathers -asws ) will give you will be a greater reward than this.

Verily, the Angel of Death will be more kind and merciful to you than a compassionate mother is to her son. Then the Imam -asws started to cry and I cried with him -asws . Then he -asws said: Praise be to Allah -zawj , who by (His -zawj ) Mercy, Gave preference to us -asws and favoured us -asws , the Ahlul Bayt -asws , above (the rest of) His -zawj creation. O Misma’!

Verily, the earth and the Heavens continuously cry for us -asws , sympathising with us -asws since the day Amir-ul-Momineen -asws was killed. And the number of angels who cry over us -asws is even greater than this.’?” The tears of the angels have never stopped since (the day) our -asws killing began.