Weeping of the Heavens and the Earth over the Killing of Ĥusain and Yaĥyā ibn Zakariyyā — Hadith 15

15. My father and ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain both narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali Al-Washā, from Ḥammād ibn ‘Uthmān, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Hilāl, who said: I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a. s. )) say: The heavens wept over Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a. s. ) and Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a. s. ) but they did not weep over anyone other than them. I asked, “How did the heavens weep? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “The heavens became red for forty days at the time of sunrise and sunset. ” I asked, “Is that how the heavens weep? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “Yes. ”