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As for news of what is with us, we have found what we had been promised, and we profited with what we had sent ahead, and we incurred loss what we had left behind!’ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَ سَمِعْتُمْ He -asws turned towards his -asws companions. He -asws said: ‘Did you hear?’ قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ They said, ‘Yes, Amir Al-Momineen -asws ’.

قَالَ فَ تَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوى‏ He -asws said: ‘So, provide (for yourselves), for the best provision is the piety, [2:197] ’’.

[29] Rewards of entering Graveyard and Remembering Hereafter عُدَّةُ الدَّاعِي، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: وَ مَنْ دَخَلَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ يس خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَ كَانَ لَهُ بِعَدَدِ مَنْ فِيهَا حَسَنَاتٌ (The book) ‘Uddat Al Daie’ – ‘From the Prophet -saww having said: ‘And the one who enters the graveyard and recites Surah Yaseen, Allah -azwj will Lighten (punishment) from them on that day, and for him would be good deeds the number of the ones in it (the graveyard)’’.

[30] دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، قِيلَ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا شَأْنُكَ جَاوَرْتَ الْمَقْبَرَةَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَجِدُهُمْ جِيرَانَ صِدْقٍ يَكُفُّونَ السَّيِّئَةَ وَ يُذَكِّرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ (The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy – ‘It was said to Amir Al-Momineen -asws , ‘What is your -asws affair being in the vicinity of the graveyard?’ He -asws said: ‘I -asws find them to be sincere neighbours. They refrain from evil deeds and are reminding of the Hereafter’.

وَ قَالَ زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِينَ ع مَا أُصِيبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِمُصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا صَلَّى فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَلْفَ رَكْعَةٍ وَ تَصَدَّقَ عَلَى سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً وَ صَامَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ‏ And Zayn Al-Abideen -asws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws was not afflicted with any difficulty except he -asws prayed Salat during that day and gave in charity to sixty poor ones and Fasted for three days’’.