Kāmil al-Ziyārāt - Content

Chapter: The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Removes One’s Grief and Fulfills Requests 9 حَدَّثَنِي حَكِي٠ُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ حَكِي٠َةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْ٠ُعَلَّى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ [يَزْدَادَ] قَالَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ ضَرَبْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِي ذَهَباً وَ فِضَّةً وَ بِعْتُ ضِيَاعِي فَقُلْتُ أَنْزِلُ ٠َكَّةَ فَقَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ ٠َكَّةَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ جَهْرَةً قَالَ فَفِي حَرَ٠ِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) قَالَ هُ٠ْ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ أَنْزِلُ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالْعِرَاقِ الْكُوفَةِ فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ ٠ِنْهَا عَلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ٠ِيلًا هَكَذَا وَ هَكَذَا- وَ إِلَى جَانِبِهَا قَبْرٌ ٠َكْرُوبٌ قَطُّ وَ لَا ٠َلْهُوفٌ إِلَّا فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ 9. Ḥukaym ibn Dāwūd ibn Ḥukaym narrated to me from Salamah ibn Khaťťāb, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, from ‘Ali ibn Mu’allā, from Isḥāq ibn Ziyād, who said: A man came to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) and said, “I have sold all of my belongings and properties and I am thinking of moving to Makkah.” Imam (a.s.) said, “Do not do that because the people of Makkah disbelieve in Allāh publicly.” The man asked, “What about the city of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) (Madīnah)?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “The people there are even worse than the people of Makkah.” The man asked, “Then where should I move to?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Go to Kūfah in Iraq, for verily the blessings of that land span a twelve mile radius and there is a grave in its proximity which is not visited by any anguished and grieved person without Allāh relieving him from his anguish and grief.”