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Chapter: Indication of the Location of the Grave of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.) 4 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) وَ هُوَ بِالْحِيرَةِ أَ ٠َا وَعَدْتُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَعْنِي الذَّهَابَ إِلَى قَبْرِ أَ٠ِنِينَ (ع) قَالَ فَرَكِبَ وَ رَكِبَ إِسْ٠َاعِيلُ ابْنُهُ ٠َعَهُ وَ رَكِبْتُ ٠ْ حَتَّى إِذَا جَازَ الثُّوَيَّةَ وَ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْحِيرَةِ وَ النَّجَفِ عِنْدَ ذَكَوَاتٍ بِيضٍ نَزَلَ وَ نَزَلَ إِسْ٠َاعِيلُ وَ نَزَلْتُ ٠ْ فَصَلَّى فَصَلَّى إِسْ٠َاعِيلُ وَ صَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ لِإِسْ٠ْ عَلَى جَدِّكَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ (ع) فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ لَيْسَ الْحُسَيْنُ (ع) بِكَرْبَلَاءَ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ِلَ رَأْسُهُ إِلَى الشَّا٠َوْلًى لَنَا فَدَفَنَهُ بِجَنْبِ أَ٠4. My father and Muḥammad ibn Ya’qūb both narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā, from Yazīd ibn ‘Umar ibn Ťalḥah, who said: When Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) was in Ḥīrah, he asked me, “Do you not want that which I promised you?” “Yes,” I replied – he meant going to the grave of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.). Then the Imam rode his sumpter. His son, Ismā’īl, and I accompanied him. We passed Thawiyyah and then stopped between Ḥīrah and Najaf next to some white-coloured gravel. Imam (a.s.) and his son, Ismā’īl, descended their sumpters, so I descended my sumpter. We (all) prayed. Then Imam (a.s.) said to Ismā’īl, “Stand and say Salām to your grandfather, Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.).” So I asked, “May I sacrifice myself for you! Is Ḥusain (a.s.) not in Karbalā?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Yes. However, when his head was being carried to Shām, one of our servants stole it and buried it next to the Commander of the Believers (a.s.).”