The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali and How It Should Be Performed — Hadith 5

every step that you take. Once you have said Salām at the grave, touch it with your hands and recite (the following): Salām to you, O Allāh’s Decisive Proof in His heavens and earth. Then carry on with establishing prayers, for you shall have the reward of performing one thousand Hajj and ‘Umrah, freeing one thousand slaves, and fighting in the way of Allāh one thousand times with a prophet, who was sent as a messenger, for every Rak’ah of prayer next to the grave of Ḥusain (a. s. ). When you are leaving the grave of Ḥusain (a. s. ), a caller will call out something to you. If you could hear it, you would stay next to the grave of Ḥusain (a. s. ) for the rest of your life. The caller calls out, “Bliss for you, O slave (of Allāh)! You have achieved victory and you shall be safe (on the Day of Judgment). Verily your past sins have been forgiven so continue with good deeds. ” No one but Allāh Himself takes the soul of one who dies in the night or the day of performing the Ziyārah or even within one year (from the Ziyārah). The angels will accompany those who return from the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a. s. ) while seeking forgiveness for them and sending blessings on them until they arrive at their homes. Then the angels will say to Allāh, “O Lord! This slave of Yours went to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of the son of Your Prophet (s. a. a. w. ) and now he has returned to his home. So where should we go? ” They will hear a call from the heavens which says, “O My angels! Stay next to the door of the house of My slave until he dies while sanctifying and glorifying Me, and register these deeds among his good deeds. ” So they will remain next to his house, sanctifying and glorifying Allāh and registering it among his (the Zā`ir’s) good deeds until he dies. Then they will attend his funeral, shroud him, perform his Ghusl, and establish prayers on him. Then they will say, “O Our Lord! You dedicated us to the door of the house of Your slave and now he has died. So where should we go? ” Allāh will call out to them, “O My angels! Stay next to the grave of My slave until the Day of Judgment while sanctifying and glorifying Me, and register these deeds among his good deeds. ” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: Ḥukaym ibn Dāwūd ibn Ḥukaym, from Salamah ibn Khaťťāb, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Rāzi Al-Jāmūrāni, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Abī ‘Ali Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdil Karīm, from Mufaďďal ibn ‘Umar, from Jābir Al-Ju’fi, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a. s. ).