Free yourself for My – azwj worship, I – azwj shall Fill your heart with riches and will not Fatigue you to your seeking (sustenance) , and it would be upon Me – azwj to Aim to excel you and fill your heart with fear from Me – azwj , ‘And that if you don’t free yourself for My – azwj worship, I -azwj shall fill your heart with a pre-occupation with the world, then I – azwj will not excel you and will Exhaust you to the seeking (the livelihood)’.
[3] We are encouraged to remember within ourselves and in our gatherings Imam Hussain -asws every single day, e.g., the hadith below: The 6 th Imam -asws said to me to visit the Holy Grave of Imam Hussain -asws every day, but if I cannot visit Imam -asws every day due to distance or any other reasons (the Imam -asws said in that case): ‘ Ascend above your roof, then turn towards the right and the left, then raise your head towards the sky, then face towards the grave and you should be saying : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ ‘The greetings be upon you -asws , O Abu Abdullah -asws !
The greetings be upon you -asws , and the Mercy of Allah -azwj , and His -azwj Blessings’ – there would be Written for you a Ziyarah , and the Ziyarah of the Hajj, and Umra…’ (an extract, see the Hadith below). [4] Why did the 6 th Imam -asws emphasise mentioning Imam Hussain -asws every day? It’s in our best interest, and the Imam -asws wants us to reap the enormous rewards and not to miss out on elevating our spiritual status by adhering to Masomeen -asws , even if for a short while.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ ثَوَابٌ إِلَّا الدَّمْعَةَ فِينَا It is narrated that: Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘There is a (known) reward for every act (of worship) except for shedding tears regarding us -asws ’.
[5] One is better off when in a gathering (Majlis) rather than on his own, e.g., وَ قَالَ ص الْجَلِيسُ الصَّالِحُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْوَحْدَةِ وَ الْوَحْدَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ جَلِيسِ السَّوْءِ And he -saww said: ‘Sitting with the righteous one is better than being alone and being alone is better than sitting with the evil one’.