After I finished, the Imam -asws said to me: O Aba Harun!

After I finished, the Imam -asws said to me: O Aba Harun! If one recites a poem about Hussain -asws and cries and makes then people cry, Paradise will be registered for him and for them. If one recites a Verse about Hussain -asws and cries and makes five people cry, Paradise will be’ registered for him and for them. If one recites a poem about Hussain -asws and cries and makes one person cry, Paradise will be registered for him and for he who cries.

📌Those who shed tears when Hussain -asws is mentioned in front of them will rewarded by Allah -zawj Himself, even if their tears are as small as the wing of fly. And Allah -zawj will not be Pleased with any reward for them less than Paradise. [53] The Reward for Remembering Hussain -asws and Cursing His -asws Killers when Drinking Water, The narrator of the Hadith says: (One day) when I was with Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ), he -asws asked for some water.

After he -asws drank it, his eyes were filled with tears and the Imam -asws started to cry. Then he -asws said to me: O Dawud! May Allah -zawj ‘s curse be Upon the killers of Hussain -asws . Verily, if a slave (of Allah -zawj ) drinks water, remembering Hussain -asws and cursing his -asws killers, Allah -zawj will Register one hundred thousand good deeds for him.

Allah -zawj will Wipe one hundred thousand bad deeds from his (book of) deeds and will add one hundred thousand ranks to his status; and it will be as if he has freed one hundred thousand slaves. On the Day of Judgement, Allah -zawj will Resurrect him with his heart filled with peace.

[54] Crying of Imam ‘Ali -asws Ibn Hussain -asws on (His Father) Hussain -asws Ibn ‘AIi -asws The narrator of the Hadith says: Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ) said: Ali -asws Ibn Hussain -asws (Imam Sajjad -asws ) cried over his -asws father -asws , Hussain -asws Ibn ‘AIi -asws , for twenty years – or forty years [55] – and whenever food was brought to him -asws , he -asws would cry over Hussain -asws One day his -asws servant said to him -asws , “May I sacrifice myself for you -asws , O son of Rasool Allah -saww !

I am afraid that you -asws will die (from grief).” 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). Verily, whenever I remember the killing of the children of Syeda Fatimah -asws , I -asws am choked with tears over them.

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