You come to the Ziyarah of the martyrs (of Uhud) from a long...

You come to the Ziyarah of the martyrs (of Uhud) from a long distance but you neglect going to the Ziyarah of the Master of the Martyrs -asws !” I asked, “Who is the Master of the Martyrs?” Imam -asws replied, “Hussain -asws Ibn ‘AIi -asws .” I said, “(I do not go to his Ziyarah because) I am a woman.” Imam -asws replied, “There is nothing wrong with women like you going to Ziyarah.” I asked, “What is the reward for going to his Ziyarah?” Imam -asws replied, “The reward of one Hajj and one ‘Umrah, I’tikaf [62] for months in Masjid Al-Haram while fasting, and this much reward.” Um Sa added that the Imam -asws extended his -asws arms out and then closed them three times (to explain ‘this much reward’).

[63] The Ziyarah of Hussain -asws Ibn ‘AIi -asws by the Prophets -as The narrator of the Hadith says: I heard Abu Abd Allah -asws (Imam Sadiq -asws ) say: There is no Prophet in the heavens or on earth who does not ask Allah -zawj for permission to go to the Ziyarah of Hussain -asws . (There is always) a crowd (of prophets -as ) descending (to go to the Ziyarah of Hussain -asws ) and a crowd ascending (back to the Heavens).

The narrator of the Hadith says: I went to the Ziyarah of Hussain -asws toward the end of the reign of Bani Marwan [64] and I was trying to hide from the people of Sham. When I arrived in Karbala, I hid in the suburbs of the village until midnight, after which started approaching the grave (of Imam Hussain -asws ). When I arrived near the grave, someone came toward me and said, “Go back! You have been rewarded! You will not be able to go to him -asws now.” I left in fear.

I waited until it was close to dawn and then I went back toward the grave. When I arrived near the grave, the same person came toward me again a said, “O man! You still cannot go to him -asws .” So, I said, “May Allah -zawj Keep you well! Why can I not go to him -asws ? I have come from Kufah for his -asws Ziyarah, Therefore, do not prevent me – may Allah -zawj Keep you well!

I am afraid that the sun will rise and if the people of Sham find me here, they will kill me.” He replied: Wait for a while because Musa Ibn ‘Imran -as asked Allah -zawj to Give him permission to come to the Ziyarah of the grave of Hussain -asws and Allah -asws has Granted him -as permission. Musa -as has descended from Heavens with seventy thousand angels and they have been here since the beginning of the night and they are waiting for dawn, after which they will ascend to the Heavens.