Ĥusain: “The Master of the Martyrs” — Hadith 3

3. Abul ‘Abbās Al-Razzāz narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from Abī Dāwūd Al-Mustariq, from Um Sa’īd Al-Aḥmasiyyah, who said: I was with Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a. s. )) and I had sent someone to rent a donkey for me so that I could go to the graves of the martyrs (of Uḥud). Imam (a. s. ) asked me, “What prevents you from going to the Ziyārah of the Master of the Martyrs? ” I asked, “Who is he? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “Ḥusain (a. s. ). ” I asked, “What is the reward for going to his Ziyārah? ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “One purified Hajj and ‘Umrah as well as this much reward. ” Um Sa’īd added that the Imam (a. s. ) extended his arms out and then closed them three times (to explain ‘this much reward’).