The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali and How It Should Be Performed — Hadith 19

on. I testify that you have always had these (ranks) and they will remain (apparent) in you. I testify that your souls and your clay are (created) from a purified clay and they purified and blessed one another through Allāh and His Mercy. I take Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, as witness and He is sufficient as a witness, and I take you (the Imams (a. s. )) as witnesses that I believe in you and I follow you in my affairs, in the rulings of my religion, in the end (result) of my deeds, and in my destination and abode (in the Hereafter). I ask Allāh, the Kind, the Merciful, to fulfill this for me. I testify that you (the Imams (a. s. )) announced (the message of Allāh) and advised (the people). You remained patient, you were killed, your rights were usurped, and you were ill-treated but you remained patient. May Allāh’s curse be upon the nation who opposed you, upon the nation who denied your Wilāyah, upon the nation who supported one another against you, and upon the nation who witnessed (your martyrdom) but were not martyred (with you). Praise be to Allāh who made Hell their final destination. What a terrible abode Hell is and what a terrible punishment their chastisement is! Then recite (the following): May Allāh’s blessing be upon you, O Abā ‘Abdillāh. May Allāh’s blessing be upon you, O Abā ‘Abdillāh. May Allāh’s blessing be upon you, O Abā ‘Abdillāh and upon your soul and body. May Allāh’s curse be upon those who killed you. May Allāh’s curse be upon those who looted you. May Allāh’s curse be upon those who disappointed you. May Allāh’s curse be upon those who followed the orders of killing you, those who ordered (the people) to kill you, and those who participated in the spilling of your blood. May Allāh’s curse be upon those who heard about your killing and were pleased with it or made peace with it. I seek nearness to Allāh by dissociating myself from following them and I follow Allāh, His Messenger, and the family of His Messenger (s. a. a. w. ). I testify that those who breached your sanctity and spilled your blood are cursed by the tongue of the Prophet of Makkah. O Allāh! Curse those who belied Your messengers and spilled the blood of the family of Your Prophet – may Your blessings be upon them. O Allāh! Curse the killers of the Commander of the Believers and multiply the painful chastisement on them. O Allāh! Curse the killers of Ḥusain ibn ‘A