The Exceptional Narrations — Hadith 14

14. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from ‘Abbās ibn Ma’rūf, from ‘Abdillāh ibn ‘Abdil Raḥmān Al-Asam, from Ḥusain, from Al-Ḥalabi, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a. s. )) said: When Ḥusain (a. s. ) was killed, our family in Madīnah heard a caller cry out, “Today the afflictions have descended on this nation. You shall not see any pleasure until your Qā`im (a. s. ) rises and pleases you by killing your enemies and avenging one (Ḥusain (a. s. )) by (killing) many. ” They were frightened after hearing this call and they said that something must have happened of which they were unaware. After some time, they heard the news of the killing of Ḥusain (a. s. ), and when they counted the (number of) days, they discovered that (he was killed) on the same night that they had heard the caller. I said, “May I sacrifice myself for you! How long will you (the Ahlul Bayt (a. s. )) and we (the Shia) remain under these (circumstances of) intense fear and killing? ! ” Imam (a. s. ) replied, “(This situation will continue) until seventy (periods of) relief take place in different intervals and until the time of seventy comes. Then the flags will approach one after another at the time of seventy and they will look like organized units. Those who see that time will see that which will please them. ” Imam (a. s. ) added: When Ḥusain (a. s. ) was killed, someone came to the camp (of the enemies) and screamed and rebuked them. He said, “How can I not scream when the Messenger of Allāh (s. a. a. w. ) is standing and looking at the earth and at your party. I am afraid that he will supplicate to Allāh against the people of earth and I will be destroyed as one of them! ! ! ” So the soldiers said to one another, “This is a man who has lost his mind. ” However the TAWWĀBŪN said, “By Allāh! ! ! What did we do to ourselves? ! ! ! We killed the Master of the Youth of Paradise (a. s. ) for the son of Sumayyah. ” Then they ros