[41] Imam -asws asked for ‘Latmiya’ in a grief-stricken tone (vocal)...

Abul Abbas Al-Qurashi has narrated to me from Mohammed ibn Hussain ibn Abil Khattab, who from Mohammed ibn Ismail, from Salih ibn Uqbah, from Abi Harun Al-Makfuf, who has said: Abu Abdullah -asws said to me: O Aba Harun! Recite a poem for the me -asws about Hussain -asws . So, I recited a poem for him -asws and he -asws cried. Then the Imam -asws said: Recite it in the same way that you (usually) recite – with a grief-stricken tone (i.e., intonation).

Then I recited (the poem which starts with) the following verse: ‘Pass by the grave of Hussain -asws and say to his -asws purified bones…’ Imam -asws cried and asked me to recite more poems for him -asws . I recited another poem for him -asws . The Imam -asws cried (again) and I also heard (ladies) crying from behind the curtain. After, I finished (reciting the poems), the Imam -asws said to me: O Aba Harun!

If one recites a poem about Hussain -asws and cries and makes ten people cry, Paradise will be registered for him and for them. If one recites a poem 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.