Introduction

The Reward for the Ziyārah of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.), the Commander of the Believers (a.s.), and Imams Ĥasan and Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Reward for the Ziyārah of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.)

The Ziyārah of the Prophet (s.a.a.w.), Invocations Next to His Grave, and Performance of the Ziyārah

The Rewards and the Merits of Establishing Prayers in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.)

The Ziyārah of Ĥamzah (a.s.), the Uncle of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.a.w.), and the Other Martyrs (of Uĥud)

The Rewards and the Merits of Going to the Mosques and the Graves in Madǐnah

Bidding Farewell After the Ziyārah of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.)

The Rewards and the Merits of Establishing Prayers in the Mosque of Kūfah and the Mosque of Sahlah

Indication of the Location of the Grave of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)

The Reward for the Ziyārah of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)

The Ziyārah of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.), Invocations Next to His Grave, Performance of the Ziyārah

Bidding Farewell After the Ziyārah of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)

The Merits of the Euphrates River, Drinking from Its Water, and Performing Ghusl in It

The Prophet’s Love for Imams Ĥasan and Ĥusain (a.s.), His Command to Love Them, and the Reward for Loving Them

The Ziyārah of Imam Ĥasan ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and the Other Imams (a.s.) in Baqǐ’

The Martyrdom of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) Revealed Through Jabra`ǐl

Jabra`ǐl Shows the Land on Which Ĥusain (a.s.) Will Be Killed to the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.)

The Verses in Qur’an about the Martyrdom of Ĥusain (a.s.) and the Avenging of His Blood

The Prophets’ Knowledge of the Martyrdom of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

The Angels’ Knowledge of the Martyrdom of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Curse of Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, and the Prophets on the Killers of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

The Prophet (s.a.a.w.) said, “My nation will kill Ĥusain (a.s.) after me.”

Words of the Commander of the Believers and Imam Ĥusain (a.s.) about His Martyrdom

Signs of the Killing of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) in Different Places

The Killer of Ĥusain (a.s.) and the Killer of Yaĥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.)

Crying of the Entire Creation of Allāh on Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

Crying of the Angels on Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

Weeping of the Heavens and the Earth over the Killing of Ĥusain (a.s.) and Yaĥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.)

The Lamentation of Jinn on Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

Cursing of the Pigeons on the Killers of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Lamentation of the Owl on Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Reward for Those Who Cry Over Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

The Reward for Those Who Recite a Poem about Ĥusain (a.s.), Cry, and Make Others Cry

The Reward for Those Who Drink Water, Remembering Ĥusain (a.s.) and Cursing His Killers

Crying of Imam ‘Ali ibn Ĥusain (a.s.) on (His Father) Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

Ĥusain (a.s.): “The Martyr of Tears” No Believer Mentions Him Without Crying

Ĥusain (a.s.): “The Master of the Martyrs”

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) by the Prophets

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) by the Angels

The Messenger of Allāh, ‘Ali, Fāťimah, and the Imams (a.s.) Pray for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Angels’ Pray for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Merits of the Angels’ Prayers for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Obligatory and Every Believer Should Fulfill this Obligation Toward Ĥusain and the Rest of the Imams (a.s.)

The Reward for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) or Help Others Go to His Ziyārah

The Reward for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) at Times of Fear

The Reward for Those Who Give Charity During the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

That Which Is Not Recommended to Take to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

The Behavior Expected of Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

The Reward for Going to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on Foot or by Any Means of Transport, Allāh’s Confidential Discourse with the Zā`ir of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Way in Which Allāh, the Great and Almighty, Honours Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

The Time Spent in the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Not Counted from One’s Life

Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Are the Neighbours of the Messenger of Allāh, the Commander of the Believers, and Fāťimah (a.s.)

Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Will Enter Paradise Before Others

The Reward for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Knowing His Rights

Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Because of Their Love for the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.), the Commander of the Believers (a.s.), and Fāťimah (s.a.)

The Reward for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Yearning for Him

The Reward for Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Anticipating Rewards from Allāh

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.): The Best of Deeds

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Like the Ziyārah of Allāh on His Throne

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) and the Other Imams (a.s.) Is Equal to the Ziyārah of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.)

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Prolongs Life and Increases Sustenance Neglecting It Shortens Life and Decreases Sustenance

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Erases Sins

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Equal to the Reward of Performing an ‘Umrah

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Equal to the Reward of Performing a Hajj

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Equal to the Reward for Performing a Hajj and an ‘Umrah

Going to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Equal to Performing Hajj Several Times

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Is Equal to the Reward of Freeing Many Slaves

Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Will Be Granted the Power of Intercession

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Removes One’s Grief and Fulfills Requests

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on the Day of ‘Arafah

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on the Day of ‘Āshūrā

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on the Fifteenth of Sha’bān

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) in the Month of Rajab

The Reward for the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) on Any Day Other than an Eid and the Day of ‘Arafah

The Reward for Performing Ghusl with the Water of the Euphrates (River) Before the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

Permission Not to Perform the Ghusl Before the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

Different Ways in Which the Angels Honour Those Who Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) Knowing His Rights

Those Who Neglect the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and How It Should Be Performed

How to Establish Prayers Next to the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.)

 “TAQŠǏR” of the Obligatory Prayers and Performing Voluntary Prayers During Ziyārah

Establishing Prayers in Full Form Next to the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Reward for Establishing the Obligatory and “Nāfilah” Prayers Next to the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.)

How to Bid Farewell After the Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

How to Perform the Ziyārah of Abil Faďl ‘Abbās ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

How to Bid Farewell After the Ziyārah of Abil Faďl ‘Abbās ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)

How to Bid Farewell to the Martyrs (Companions of Ĥusain (a.s.))

The Merits of Karbalā and the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Ĥā`ir and Its Sanctity

Ĥā`ir: One of the Places in Which Allāh Loves to be Called Upon

The Clay of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.) and Seeking Cure Through It

The Clay of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.): A Cure and Protection

The Place from Which the Clay of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.) Should be Collected and How it Should be Collected

That Which Should be Recited Before Eating from the Dust of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.)

Eating from any Clay is Unlawful Except the Clay of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.), For Verily It Is the Cure

How Those Who Live Far (from the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.)) Should Perform His Ziyārah

Neglecting the Ziyārah of the Grave of Ĥusain (a.s.)

The Minimum Number of Times One Should Go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.) and the Longest Time Allowed to Delay the Ziyārah for the Wealthy and Poor

The Reward for the Ziyārah of the Graves of Abil Ĥasan Mūsā ibn Ja’far and Muĥammad ibn ‘Ali Al-Jawād (a.s.) in Baghdad

1 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي (رحمه الله) عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ (ع) قَالَ الْمَاءُ سَيِّدُ شَرَابِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ- وَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَنْهَارٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ الْفُرَاتُ وَ النِّيلُ وَ سَيْحَانُ وَ جَيْحَانُ الْفُرَاتُ الْمَاءُ وَ النِّيلُ الْعَسَلُ وَ سَيْحَانُ الْخَمْرُ وَ جَيْحَانُ اللَّبَنُ

1. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, (from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl), from ‘Isā ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ťālib (a.s.), from his father, from his grandfather, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: Water is the master of drinks in this world and in the Hereafter. Four of the rivers in this world are from Paradise: the Euphrates, the Nile, the Sayḥān, and the Jayḥān. The Euphrates (contains) water, the Nile (contains) honey, the Sayḥān (contains) wine, and the Jayḥān (contains) milk.

2 وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) يَقُولُ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ حُنِّكَ بِهِ فَهُوَ مُحِبُّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ

2. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, (from Ibn Faďďāl), from Abī Jamīlah (Mufaďďal ibn Sāliḥ Al-Usdi), from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If the water of the Euphrates River is used to open the mouth of a (newborn baby) and is his first drink, he will be among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.

3 وَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ الْفُرَاتِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا مِيلًا لَذَهَبْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَ اسْتَشْفَيْنَا بِهِ

3. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Isā, from Abil Jārūd (Ziyād ibn Mundhir Al-Hamdāni), who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: If the distance between us and the Euphrates (River) was this much – and he mentioned a distance – we would go to it to seek cure with its water.

4 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) يَقُولُ مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً يُحَنَّكُ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ سَأَلَنِي كَمْ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ آتِيَهُ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ

4. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl, from Tha’labah ibn Maymūn, from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn Al-‘Ijli, who said: I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say, “I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.” Then he (the Imam (a.s.)) asked me, “What is the distance between you and the Euphrates River?” I answered the Imam (a.s.) and then he said, “If I was next to it, I would love to go to it at the two ends of every day.”

5 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ آوَيْناهُما إِلى رَبْوَةٍ ذاتِ قَرارٍ وَ مَعِينٍ قَالَ الرَّبْوَةُ نَجَفُ الْكُوفَةِ وَ الْمَعِينُ الْفُرَاتُ

5. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Sulaymān ibn Nahīk, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) explained the verse, “And we gave them both refuge on a mound, where there was rest and security, watered by a spring” (23:50). He (the Imam (a.s.)) said, “Mound’ refers to Najaf of Kūfah and ‘spring’ refers to the Euphrates (River).”

6 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (رحمه الله) عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ (ع) قَالَ الْفُرَاتُ سَيِّدُ الْمِيَاهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

6. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan (ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl), from ‘Isā ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: The Euphrates (River) is the master of the waters in this life and in the Hereafter.

7 وَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مَلَكاً يَهْبِطُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثُ مَثَاقِيلَ مِسْكٍ مِنْ مِسْكِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَطْرَحُهَا فِي الْفُرَاتِ وَ مَا مِنْ نَهَرٍ فِي مَشْرِقٍ وَ لَا فِي مَغْرِبٍ [فِي شَرْقٍ وَ لَا غَرْبٍ] أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ

7. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh narrated to me from his father ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari, from Aḥmad ibn Abī ‘Abdillāh, from his father, from someone who narrated to him, from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from his father, from Hakīm ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Every night an angel comes down and drops three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise in the Euphrates River. There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River) anywhere in the east or the west.

8 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ تَقْطُرُ فِي الْفُرَاتِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قَطَرَاتٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

8. (My brother) ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Qūlawayh narrated to me from Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ibn Faďďāl, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥusain ibn ‘Uthmān, from someone whose name he mentioned, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Every day some drops (of water) fall from Paradise into the Euphrates (River).

9 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُسْلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) الْكُوفَةَ فِي زَمَنِ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ فَجَاءَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فِي ثِيَابِ سَفَرِهِ- حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى جِسْرِ الْكُوفَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ اسْقِنِي فَأَخَذَ كُوزَ مَلَّاحٍ فَغَرَفَ لَهُ بِهِ فَأَسْقَاهُ فَشَرِبَ وَ الْمَاءُ يَسِيلُ مِنْ شِدْقَيْهِ وَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ وَ ثِيَابِهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَزَادَهُ فَزَادَهُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَهَرُ مَاءٍ مَا أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَتَهُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ يَسْقُطُ فِيهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعُ قَطَرَاتٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَمَا لَوْ عَلِمَ النَّاسُ مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْبَرَكَةِ لَضَرَبُوا الْأَخْبِيَةَ عَلَى حَافَتَيْهِ أَمَا لَوْ لَا مَا يَدْخُلُهُ مِنَ الْخَاطِئِينَ مَا اغْتَمَسَ فِيهِ ذُو عَاهَةٍ إِلَّا بَرَأَ

9. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Rabī’ ibn Muḥammad Al-Musli, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Sulaymān, who said: When Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) came to Kūfah during the time of Abil ‘Abbās, he was on his mount and was wearing his traveling attire. He stopped on the bridge of Kūfah and asked his servant to give him some water. So the servant took a jug and filled it (from the Euphrates River) and gave it to the Imam (a.s.). The Imam (a.s.) started drinking, and (as he was drinking) the water spilled from the two corners of his mouth onto his beard and onto his clothes. Then the Imam (a.s.) asked for some more water. The servant refilled the jug and gave it to the Imam (a.s.). After the Imam (a.s.) drank the water, he praised Allāh and said: What a blessed river this river is! Verily every day seven drops of water fall from Paradise into it. If people knew of the blessings of this river, they would build their tents on its shores. Verily if it was not for that which enters this river from the sinners, no ill person would submerge himself in it without being cured.

10 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَرَفَةَ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) شَاطِئُ وادي [الْوَادِي الْأَيْمَنِ الَّذِي ذَكَرُهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ هُوَ الْفُرَاتُ وَ الْبُقْعَةُ الْمُبَارَكَةُ هِيَ كَرْبَلَاءُ وَ الشَّجَرَةُ هِيَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص

10. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from ‘Arafah, from Rib’ī, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: “The shores in the right side of the valley” (28:30), which Allāh has mentioned in His Book, is the Euphrates (River); “the blessed spot” (28:30) is Karbalā and “the tree” (28:30) is Muḥammad (s.a.a.w.).

11 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً يُحَنَّكُ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَّا كَانَ لَنَا شِيعَةً- قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ ابْنَ سِنَانٍ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ رَوَاهُ لِي وَ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ يَجْرِي فِي الْفُرَاتِ مِيزَابَانِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

11. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥusain ibn ‘Uthmān, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among our Shia. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from someone whose name he mentioned, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).

12 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُهْبِطُ مَلَكاً كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثُ مَثَاقِيلَ مِنْ مِسْكِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَطْرَحُهُ فِي فُرَاتِكُمْ هَذَا وَ مَا مِنْ نَهَرٍ فِي شَرْقِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَا فِي غَرْبِهَا أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ

12. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan (ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd) narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from ‘Abbās ibn Ma’rūf, from ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from Ḥakīm ibn Jubayr Al-Asadi, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Every night, Allāh sends down an angel who has three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise with him and he drops them in the Euphrates River (which is close to you). There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River) anywhere in the earth, from the east to the west.

13 حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً يُحَنَّكُ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتَ

13. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā ibn Bābawayh narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ibn Faďďāl, from Tha’labah ibn Maymūn, from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with the water of the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.

14 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الْكُوفِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَجَّالُ عَنْ غَالِبِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) الْفُرَاتَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ مِنْ شِيعَةِ عَلِيٍّ (ع) وَ مَا حُنِّكَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ

14. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari narrated to me from his father, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Al-Barqi, from ‘Abdil Raḥmān ibn Ḥammād Al-Kūfi, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad Al-Ḥajjāl, from Ghālib ibn ‘Uthmān, from ‘Uqbah ibn Khālid, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) mentioned the Euphrates (River) and said: Verily it (the Euphrates River) is from among the Shia of ‘Ali (a.s.). No one’s mouth is opened with it without him loving us, the Ahlul Bayt.

15 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَامُورَانِيِّ الرَّازِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ صَنْدَلٍ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مَا أَحَدٌ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ يُحَنَّكُ بِهِ إِذَا وُلِدَ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا لِأَنَّ الْفُرَاتَ نَهَرٌ مُؤْمِنٌ

15. My father narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mattīl, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Jāmūrāni Al-Rāzi, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Sayf ibn ‘Amīrah, from Sandal, from Hārūn ibn Khārijah, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If the water of the Euphrates (River) is the first thing that is given to a newborn baby and if the baby drinks it, he will be among those who love us because the Euphrates River is a believer.

16 وَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ نَهْرَانِ مُؤْمِنَانِ وَ نَهْرَانِ كَافِرَانِ- نَهْرَانِ كَافِرَانِ نَهَرُ بَلْخٍ وَ دِجْلَةُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَانِ نِيلُ مِصْرَ وَ الْفُرَاتُ فَحَنِّكُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ

16. My father narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mattīl, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Jāmūrāni Al-Rāzi, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from his father, from Abī Basīr, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: There are two believing rivers and two disbelieving rivers. The two disbelieving rivers are the Balkh River and the Tigris River, and the two believing rivers are the Nile River and the Euphrates River. Therefore, open the mouth of your children with water from the Euphrates (River).

Kāmil al-Ziyārāt

Book 2, Chapter 13