المجالس العاشورية في المآتم الحسينية

Then a banner appears before me, shining bright, and their faces glow with light. I ask them, "Who are you?" They reply, "We are the people of the word of monotheism and piety from the nation of the chosen Muhammad. We are the remaining people of truth. We carried the book of our Lord, made lawful what was halal, and prohibited what was haram. We loved the progeny of our Prophet Muhammad and supported them with all our strength, and we fought with them against those who opposed them." So I say to them, "Rejoice, for I am your prophet Muhammad. In the world, you were as you claimed." Then I give them a drink from my basin, and they leave quenched and joyful, entering paradise eternally, forever and ever.

To the waste, Mr. Al-Humairi, may mercy be upon him, says:

The Tenth Session: The Foretelling of the Murder of Hussein (peace be upon him) by the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) and the Foretelling of the Narrators

Sheikh al-Saduq, may mercy be upon him, narrated from al-Asbagh ibn Nabata who said: While the Commander of the Faithful...

Imam Ali (peace be upon him) addressed the people, saying: "Ask me before you lose me, for by Allah, you won't ask me about anything that has passed or anything to come without me informing you of it." Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas stood up and said, "O Commander of the Faithful! Tell me how many hairs are on my head and beard?" He replied to him: "Indeed, you have asked me a question that my close companion, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed me that you would ask. There is no hair on your head or beard except that at its root a devil sits. And as for your house, there is a young one who will kill my son, Hussein." On that day, Omar ibn Sa'd was still a child playing between his hands.

Shaykh al-Mufid, may God have mercy on him, narrated: It is mentioned in the reports that the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) was giving a sermon, during which he said: "Ask me before you lose me. By God, you will not ask me about any group that leads a hundred or misguides a hundred unless I inform you of its leader and its driver until the Day of Resurrection." A man stood up to him and said: "Tell me, how many strands of hair are on my head and my beard?" The Commander of the Faithful said: "By God, my dear friend, the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family), has informed me of what you have asked. There is an angel cursing you for every strand of hair on your head, and a devil provoking you for every strand on your beard. In your house, there is a wicked offspring that will kill [the grandson of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family)]. The proof of what I tell you is this curse upon you and your accursed offspring." At that time, his son was a small child crawling.

When the events surrounding Husayn unfolded, his killing occurred just as the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) had said.

Suwayd ibn Ghafla said: I was with the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) when a man came to him and said, "O Commander of the Faithful! I have come to you from Wadi Al-Qura, and Khalid ibn Arfata has died." The Commander of the Faithful replied to him, "He is not dead." The man repeated it to him, and Ali (peace be upon him) said to him, "He is not dead, by the One in whose hand is my soul."

He did not die. So he repeated it to him a third time and said: "Glory be to God! I inform you that he died, and you say, 'He did not die?'" Ali (peace be upon him) said: "He did not die. By the One in whose hand my soul is, he will not die until he leads an army of misguidance with its banner carried by Habib ibn Jammāz."

He said: When Habib heard of this, he went to the Commander of the Faithful and said to him, "I implore you by God concerning me, for I am loyal to you, and you mentioned something about me that, by God, I do not recognize in myself." Ali (peace be upon him) said to him, "If you are Habib son of Jamaz, then you will indeed endure it." So Habib turned away, and the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) continued to say, “If you are Habib son of Jamaz, then you will indeed endure it.”

Abu Hamza said: By God, Khalid ibn Arfata did not die until Omar ibn Sa'ad was sent to Al-Hussain ibn Ali (peace be upon him), with Khalid ibn Arfata placed at the forefront of his troops, and Habib as the bearer of his banner.

Abu Abdullah Al-Jadali reported: I entered to see the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) and Al-Hussein was by his side. He placed his hand on Al-Hussein's shoulder and then said, "He will be killed, and no one will help him." I said, "O Commander of the Faithful! Indeed, such a life is miserable." He replied, "That will certainly happen."

Hani bin Hani narrated from Ali (peace be upon him): "Hussain will be killed, and indeed I know the soil of the land on which he will be killed, near the two rivers."

On the authority of Jabir, from Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him), he said: Ali said to Hussain: O Abu Abdullah, do you have a precedent? He said: May I be sacrificed for you, what is my condition? He said: You have known what they were ignorant of, and a knowledgeable person will benefit from what he knows. O my son, listen and observe before it comes to you. By the One in whose hand is my soul, the sons of Umayyad will not consume your blood without eventually desiring you, and they will not forget your remembrance of your Lord. Hussain (peace be upon him) replied:

By Him in whose hand is my soul, He is sufficient for me. I acknowledge what Allah has revealed, and I believe in the Prophet of Allah, and I do not deny what my father says.

Isma'il ibn Ziyad said that Ali (peace be upon him) once told Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib on a certain day: "O Bara'! My son Hussein will be killed while you are alive, and you will not help him." When Hussein (peace be upon him) was killed, Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib would say, "By God, Ali ibn Abi Talib spoke the truth. Hussein was killed and I did not assist him," and then he would express regret and remorse over this.

Abdullah bin Sharik Al-Amri narrated: I used to hear the companions of Ali, when Umar bin Saad would enter through the mosque's gate, say, "This is the killer of Hussein," and that was long before he was actually killed.

Sālim bin Abī Hafsa narrated that ʿUmar bin Saʿd said to al-Husayn (peace be upon him), "O Abu ʿAbdillah! Some foolish people claim that I will kill you." Al-Husayn responded, "They are not foolish, but rather wise. Indeed, it pleases me that only a little of the goodness of Iraq will be consumed after me."

From Al-Hasan ibn Al-Hakam Al-Nakha'i, from Rijal who said: I heard the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, while in the Rahba (a public square), reciting this verse: "And the heavens and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they granted respite."

Then Al-Husayn (peace be upon him) emerged from one of the doors of the mosque and said: Indeed, he will be killed, and the heavens and the earth will weep for him.

It is narrated from Ibrahim Al-Nakha'i who said: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, went out and sat in the mosque. His companions gathered around him, and Al-Husayn (peace be upon him) came and stood in front of him.

He placed his hand on his head and said: "O my son! Indeed, God reproached certain people in the Quran, saying: 'The heavens and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they given respite.' By God, you will certainly be killed, and then the heavens and the earth will weep for you."

When his time of death approached, he (peace be upon him) said to Hasan and Husayn (peace be upon them): "O Abu Muhammad! And O Abu Abdullah! It is as if I can see you facing turmoil after me, coming from here. So be patient until Allah renders His judgment, for He is the best of judges." Then he said, "O Abu Abdullah! You are the martyr of this nation, so remain steadfast in your piety and patient in enduring its tribulations."

Ibn al-Athir mentioned in the biography of Ghurfah al-Azdi: He said, "He was among the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and among the people of al-Suffah. He is the one for whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed for his transactions to be blessed. Ghurfah al-Azdi said: Doubt entered my heart regarding Ali (peace be upon him), so I went out with him along the banks of the Euphrates. He deviated from the path, stood still, and we stood around him. He (peace be upon him) indicated with his hand: This is where their camels will rest, where their tents will be pitched, and where their footsteps will fall. May my father be sacrificed for the one who has no helper on earth or in heaven except Allah. When Hussein (peace be upon him) was killed, I went out until I reached the place where they were slain, and it was exactly as he (peace be upon him) had said, not a detail was missed. Then I asked Allah for forgiveness for the doubt I had, and I realized that Ali (peace be upon him) only acted according to what was entrusted to him."

Anas ibn Abi Jada reported: I heard Ka'b al-Ahbar say, "It is written in our book that a man from the descendants of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), will be killed, and his sweat will not have dried before he and his companions enter Paradise and embrace the houris." Then al-Hasan (peace be upon him) passed by us, and we asked, "Is it him?" He said, "No." Then al-Husayn (peace be upon him) passed by us, and we asked, "Is it him?" He said, "Yes."

Narrated by the Imam of Bani Sulaym, from their elders who said: We invaded the lands of the Romans, and we entered one of their churches and found written there:

They said: We asked them, "Since when has this been in your church?" They replied: "Three hundred years before your prophet was sent."

Sheikh Ja'far ibn Namah mentioned in "Muthir al-Ahzan": Sulayman al-A'mash said, "While I was performing Tawaf during the pilgrimage season, I heard a man saying, 'O Allah, forgive me, while I know that You will not forgive.' I asked him about the reason, and he said, 'I was one of the forty people who carried the head of Husayn to Yazid on the way to Sham. We stopped at a Christian monastery as our first stage after leaving Karbala, and the head was mounted on a spear. We put down the food, and while we were eating, suddenly a hand appeared on the wall of the monastery with a metal pen writing a line in blood:

We were deeply distressed, and some of us reached out to take hold of it, but it disappeared, and so my companions returned.

Abdulrahman bin Muslim narrated from his father that he said: We raided the lands of the Romans, and we came upon a church near Constantinople with something written on it. We asked some people from the Levant who could read Roman script, and it was written with this line.

Abu Amr Al-Zahid mentioned in the book "Al-Yaqout," saying: Abdullah bin Al-Saffar, the companion of Abu Hamza Al-Sufi, stated: "We went on a campaign and captured captives, among whom was an elder from the wise men of the Christians. We honored him and treated him well. He told us: My father informed me, from his forefathers, that they dug in the lands of the Byzantines three hundred years before Muhammad the Arab was sent, and they found a stone on which a verse was inscribed in Musnad script:"

Qal Abu al-Hasan (may God have mercy on him): Anas bin Malik said: A man from the people of Najran dug a hole and found a golden tablet in it, on which was inscribed the following verse, followed by:

We asked them: "Since when has this been in your church?" They replied: "Three hundred years before your prophet was sent."

Saad ibn Abi Waqqas said: Indeed, Qais ibn Sa'dah al-Ayadi said before the Prophet's mission (peace and blessings be upon him):

To the esteemed scholar Sheikh Hussein Al-Biladi Al-Qudeihi, may mercy be upon him, who said:

The Eleventh Session of the Miracles of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him)

Among the miracles and wonders of the Master of Martyrs, Abu Abdullah Hussein (peace be upon him), is an event mentioned in "The Red Sulfur." It is said that Hussein (peace be upon him) set out from Medina intending to visit the Holy House of Allah, accompanied by a large group. Along the way, a man from the caravan expressed a desire for pomegranates. Hussein (peace be upon him) pointed to an orchard filled with various fruits and told him to proceed and take whatever he wished.

This was unprecedented, as no one before had reported seeing trees, fruits, or water in that location. When the caravan witnessed the orchard, they entered and enjoyed whatever they desired. After they exited, the orchard vanished from their sight, and they found themselves looking at a gazelle. Hussein (peace be upon him) signaled to it, and it came to him. He then ordered someone to slaughter it without breaking any bones. They ate its meat, and afterward, he prayed, and the gazelle was restored to life.

Hussein (peace be upon him) then said, "Who among you wishes to drink its milk? Let him milk it," so everyone drank its milk, and it sufficed the entire caravan through the blessing and prayers of Hussein (peace be upon him). He then told the gazelle, "You have fawns waiting for you, so return and nurse them," and thus it departed.

Muhammad al-Kinani narrated from Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) that he said: Al-Husayn, son of Ali (peace be upon them), set out on one of his journeys, and with him was a man from the descendants of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam who professed his imamate.

On their journey, they stopped at a place under a palm tree that was dry from thirst. They set up a place for Hussein under it, and nearby there was a palm tree with no dates on it. He raised his hand and prayed with words I could not understand, and then the palm tree turned green again, returned to its natural state, and bore dates. The camel driver, who had rented out the camels, said, "This is magic, by God." Hussein (peace be upon him) replied, "Woe to you! This is not magic, but rather the supplication of the son of a Prophet, which is answered." They then climbed the palm tree and collected enough dates to suffice all of them.

Some companions narrated in a book named "The Gift in Speech" that Abdullah bin Abbas related: I was sitting with Hussain (peace be upon him) when a Bedouin approached and said, "My camel is lost and I have no other, and you are the son of the Messenger of Allah. Guide me to it." He (peace be upon him) said, "Go to such and such a place, for it is there, and opposite it is a lion." The Bedouin went to that place and found it as he (peace be upon him) had said.

It is narrated by Sayyid Ali bin Na'matullah Al-Radawi in the book "Majma' Al-Bahrain Fi Manaqib Al-Sibtain (Peace be upon them)" quoting from the book "Al-Bahja," from Ibn Abbas: A Bedouin said to Al-Hussein (peace be upon him), "O son of the Messenger of Allah! I have lost my camel, and I have nothing else but it. My father used to guide lost things back to their owners." Al-Hussein (peace be upon him) said to him, "Go to such-and-such a place, and you will find your camel standing with a black wolf nearby." The Bedouin went to the place, then returned and said to Al-Hussein (peace be upon him), "O son of the Messenger of Allah, I found my camel in that place."

Al-Hasan al-Basri and Umm Salama narrated: Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn (peace be upon them) entered into the presence of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him and his family), and Gabriel was with him. They began to circle him, likening him to Dihya al-Kalbi. Gabriel gestured with his hand as if reaching for something, and suddenly there was an apple, a quince, and a pomegranate in his hand. He handed them to the boys, bringing joy to their faces as they rushed to their grandfather. He took them from them, smelled them, and then said, "Go to..."

Start with your father, and they did as they were told. They did not eat until the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) came to them, and then they all ate together. The food remained unchanged, returning to its original state after every time someone ate from it, until the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) passed away.

Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) said: "There was no alteration or deficiency in its fragrance during the time of Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of God, until she passed away. After her death, we noticed that the pomegranate scent faded, but the scent of the apple and quince remained during my father's days. When the Commander of the Faithful (Imam Ali) was martyred, the scent of the quince disappeared, and the apple scent remained with Hasan until he was poisoned. The apple remained with me until the time we were besieged from water. I would smell it whenever I got thirsty, and it would calm my thirst. When my thirst became severe, I bit into it, certain of my end."

Ali bin Al-Husayn (peace be upon them) said: I heard him say that an hour before his death. When he passed away, its scent was found in the place where he died, but it was sought and no trace of it was found. Its fragrance emanates from his grave. So whoever among our followers wishes to experience this while visiting the grave should seek it during the hours before dawn, for they will find it if they are sincere.

Sheikh Faraj Al-Omran, may he rest in peace, said on this subject:

The Twelfth Assembly on the Virtues of the Soil of Husayn

In al-Amali by Sheikh al-Saduq, may mercy be upon him, it is mentioned from Muhammad ibn Muslim who said: I heard Abu Ja'far and Ja'far ibn Muhammad (peace be upon them) say: Verily, Allah the Exalted compensated Husayn (peace be upon him) for his martyrdom by placing the Imamate in his progeny, granting healing in his soil, the answering of prayers at his grave, and not counting the days of his visitors as they come and go. Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him): These qualities are granted to Husayn (peace be upon him), but what is his own status? He replied: Verily, Allah the Exalted linked him to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), so he is with him in his rank and station. Then Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) recited: “And those who believed and whose progeny followed them in faith, We will join with them their progeny” — the verse.

Ibn Qulawayah, may Allah have mercy on him, narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: I traveled to Medina while I was ill. It was reported to him that Muhammad ibn Muslim was sick. Abu Ja'far (peace be upon him) sent a drink to me with a servant, covered with a cloth. The servant handed it to me and said: Drink it, for he has ordered me not to leave until you drink it. I took it, and it smelled of musk, and it was a pleasant, cold-tasting beverage.

When I drank it, the servant said to me, "My master says: If you drink, then act." I contemplated what he said to me, and I couldn't stand up on my feet before that. Once the drink settled in my stomach...

It was as if I had been set free from shackles. I went to his door and asked for permission to enter. He called out to me: "The body is healed, come in, come in." I entered, weeping, greeted him, and kissed his hand and head.

He (peace be upon him) said to me: "Why are you crying, O Muhammad?" I replied: "May I be your sacrifice, I cry because of my estrangement, the great distance, and my inability to stay with you and see you." He said to me: "As for the lack of ability, this is how God has destined for our allies and those who love us, and He has made trials quick to reach them. As for what you mentioned about estrangement, a believer is a stranger in this world and among these twisted creatures, until he leaves this abode to God's mercy. As for what you mentioned about the great distance, you have an example in Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him), in a land far from us on the banks of the Euphrates. As for what you mentioned about your love for being near us and seeing us, and that you cannot achieve this, God knows what is in your heart, and you shall be rewarded for it."

Then he (peace be upon him) said to me, "Do you visit the grave of Husayn?" I replied, "Yes, with fear and anxiety." He said, "The greater the fear in visiting it, the greater the reward, so he who fears in coming to it shall be secured by God from terror on the Day when people will stand before the Lord of the Worlds. He will return with forgiveness, greeted by the angels, visited by the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) who will pray for him. He will return with a blessing and grace from God, untouched by any evil, and will follow the pleasure of God."

Then he (peace be upon him) said to me: "How did you find the drink?" I replied: "I testify that you are the house of mercy, and that you are the legatee of the legatees. The servant brought me what you sent, and I was not able to stand on my feet. I was hopeless regarding myself, but he served me the drink and I drank it. I found no scent like it, no taste better than it, and nothing cooler than it. After drinking it, the boy said to me: 'He commanded me to tell you, when you drink it, to come to me.' I was aware of my severe condition and I said: 'I will go to him even if my life leaves me.' So I came to you as if I were untied from a tether. Praise be to God who made you a mercy for your followers."

Imam (peace be upon him) said: "O Muhammad! The drink you partook in contains clay from the graves of my forefathers, and it is..."

"The best remedy we have, do not deviate from it, because we give it to our children and women, and we see nothing but goodness in it." I said to him, "May I be your ransom, should we take some from it for healing?"

He said: The man takes it and brings it out from the enclosure after revealing it. He does not pass by anyone afflicted from among the jinn, nor an animal, nor anything with a defect, without it being smelled, and its blessing departs, transferring its blessing to someone else. However, this item being used for treatment is not like that. Were it not for what I mentioned to you, anything that touched it or drank from it would recover instantly. It is nothing but like the Black Stone, which was approached by those with afflictions, disbelief, and ignorance. No one would touch it without being cured. He said: It was like a white ruby but turned black to what you now see.

I said, "May I be your ransom, how should I deal with it?" He replied, "You handle it by doing with it what others would do, you should disregard it, so it falls and ends up in unclean things, and thus, whatever you intended will disappear." I said, "You are right, may I be your ransom."

He (peace be upon him) said: No one will take it except that they are ignorant of what they take, and he will hardly find peace among people because of it. So I said: May I be your ransom, how can I take it as you do? He said to me: Should I give you some of it? I said: Yes. He said: When you take it, what will you do with it? I said: I will take it with me. He said: In what will you place it? I said: In my clothes. He said: You have returned to what you used to do; partake of what you need with us and do not carry it, for you will not find safety with it. Then he gave me to drink twice, and I do not know that I found anything of what I used to find until I left.

It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Isa, from Raja who said: Abu Al-Hasan Al-Rida (peace be upon him) sent clothes to me from Khurasan, and there was clay between them. I asked the messenger, "What is this?" He replied, "This is clay from the grave of Husayn (peace be upon him). He would scarcely send anything like clothes or other things without including this clay in it, and he used to say: 'It is a protection by the permission of Allah.'"

It is narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-Ala who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) say: "Rub the mouths of your children with the soil of Al-Husayn, for it is a safeguard."

A narration from Abu Amr, an elder from the people of Kufa, related by Al-Thumali from Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him), states: "I was in Mecca and mentioned in the conversation that I said: May I be your ransom. I have seen our companions taking some of the clay from the grave of Husayn seeking healing through it. Is there any truth to what they say about it being a remedy?" He replied: "They seek healing from it within a radius of four miles from the grave, as well as from the clay of the grave of my grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and likewise from the clay of the graves of Hasan, Ali, and Muhammad (peace be upon them). Take from it, as it is a cure for every ailment and a protection from what you fear. It is unparallelled by any remedy except supplication. It is only corrupted by what it is mixed with from its containers and by the lack of certainty of those who use it. However, for those who are certain that it has healing properties when they use it, it suffices them by Allah's permission better than anything else they treat themselves with. It is tainted by the devils and disbelieving jinn who rub against it, and when anything passes by it, they smell it. As for the devils and disbelieving jinn, they envy the son of Adam for it, so they rub against it, and this diminishes much of its goodness. The clay does not leave the sanctuary except that countless numbers of them are prepared for it. Truly, even when it is in the hands of its owner, they rub against it. They cannot enter the sanctuary with the angels, and if even a piece of the clay were to survive what is treated with it, no one would remain sick from the moment they used it."

So when you take it, keep it hidden, and frequently remember God Almighty with it. It has reached me that some people, after taking a sample of the soil, treat it with disrespect. Some even put it in the saddlebags of camels, mules, and donkeys, or in a food container, or mix it with what is wiped by hands from food, saddle, and sack. How can one seek healing from something that is treated in such a manner? However, a heart without certainty leads to the spoiling of one's deeds, especially if they underestimate what has the power to bring about well-being.

It is narrated from Abu Bakr, who said: I took some of the red soil from near the head of Al-Husayn ibn Ali (peace be upon him), and brought it to Al-Ridha (peace be upon him). I presented it to him, and he took it in his palm, then smelled it, and then cried until his tears flowed. Then he said: This is the soil of my grandfather.

It is narrated from Jabir al-Ju'fi, who said: I heard Abu Ja'far (peace be upon him) say: "The clay of the grave of Husayn (peace be upon him) is a cure for every illness and a protection from every fear, but only for those who take it with its due reverence."

It is narrated from some companions of Abu al-Hasan Musa (peace be upon him), who said: I entered his presence and he said: Our followers cannot do without four things: a prayer rug to pray on, a ring to wear, a toothstick (siwak) to clean the teeth with, and a rosary made from the clay of the grave of Abu Abdullah al-Hussain (peace be upon him) consisting of thirty-three beads. Whenever one rotates it while remembering God, forty good deeds are recorded for him for each bead. If he rotates it absentmindedly or toying with it, twenty good deeds are recorded for him.

Muhammad Al-Himyari said: I wrote to the scholar asking him: Is it permissible to use a rosary in the grave? And is there any virtue in doing so? He answered, and I read the signature from which I copied: You should use it for tasbeeh, as there is nothing better in tasbeeh than this. One of its virtues is that the person using the rosary does not forget the tasbeeh, and merely handling the rosary earns that tasbeeh for him.

He said: I wrote to him asking about placing soil from the grave with the deceased in his grave; is this permissible or not? He replied, and I read the signature, and from them I copied: It is placed with the deceased in his grave and mixed with his embalmment, God willing.

The author of "Al-Mazar Al-Kabeer" recounts with his sources, from Ibrahim bin Muhammad Al-Thaqafi, from his father, from Ja'far bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq (peace be upon them), who said: Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), used a tasbih (prayer beads) made from a thread of spun wool, with knots tied on it corresponding to the number of exclamations of "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great), and she would turn it in her hands.