The Exceptional Narrations — Hadith 11

will loot his women. He will ask for help from Me but I have already willed his martyrdom and the martyrdom of those with him. His killing will be a decisive argument against everyone in the creation. The inhabitants of the heavens and the earths will weep and lose patience over him. And the angels, who will not be able to help him, will cry over him. However, I shall raise a man from his progeny whose shadow is with me under the Throne and through whom I shall support him (Ḥusain (a. s. )). He will fill the earth with justice and equity. The fear from him will travel with him and he will kill so many that people will doubt him. The Prophet (s. a. a. w. ) replied, “Surely we are Allāh’s. ” Then he was told, “Raise your head. ” Imam (a. s. ) added: The Prophet (s. a. a. w. ) said: I looked up and saw a man who looked and smelled better than all people. He had a blessed visage and he was wearing clothes made of light. Light was emanating from his forehead, from over him, and from under him. He was surrounded by several angels who could not be counted except by Allāh, the Great and Almighty. Then I asked him to approach me. He (a. s. ) came close to me and kissed my forehead. I said: O Lord! Who will this man avenge and for whom will he show his anger and for what reason have you prepared these angels? ! You informed me about that which will be afflicted upon my family. You can support them against their oppressors if You will. You have promised victory for me and my family and I await the fulfillment of Your promise. Verily I have accepted and am pleased with Your Will and I submit to it, and I seek success and help from You to be pleased and patient. I was told: As for your brother, he will enter the “garden of abode as residence” (32: 19) for staying patient. On the Day of Resurrection, I shall establish him as an argument on the creation and I shall authorize him to stand by your Pool (the Pool of Kawthar) where he will distribute water to your friends and prevent your enemies from drinking from it. I will make Hell cool and safe for him so that he can enter it and bring out anyone who has even an atom of love for you. I will make all of you (the Ahlul Bayt (a. s. )) dwell at the same level in Paradise. As for your son, who will be abandoned and killed, and your other son, who will be betrayed and killed while he will be helpless, I will decorate My Throne with them for having suffered from the afflictions which befell them (in their lives), and they will be honoured in ways which are unimaginable by anyone from among mankind. Therefore, rely on Me. I shall honour those who go to his (Husain’s) grave because those who go to his Ziyārah have come to your Ziyārah, and those who come to your Ziyārah have come to My Ziyārah, and I will surely honour those who come to My Ziyārah. I will fulfill all of their requests and reward them in such a way that everyone will envy them when they see how I dignify them and the honour which I have prepared for them. As for your daughter, I will make her stand ne