The First Assembly, which is Friday, Twelve Nights Remaining in Rajab, 367 AH.

The Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

The Third Assembly, which is Friday, Five Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

The Fourth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Last of Rajab, 367 AH.

The Fifth Assembly, which is Friday, two nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Sixth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, Ten Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fourteenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Ninth Assembly, which is Friday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Tenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Ten Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Eleventh Assembly, which is Friday, Six Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Twelfth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Three Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Thirteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the First of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Fourteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fifth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Fifteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Eighth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Sixteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twelfth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Seventeenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Middle of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Eighteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Nineteenth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Nineteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twentieth Assembly, an Assembly on Tuesday, with Four Nights Remaining from the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twenty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Second Assembly, which is the Day of Eid, the First of the Month of Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Third Assembly, which is Tuesday, two nights into Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Fourth Assembly, Wednesday, the Fourth of Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Fifth Assembly, which was dictated to us in Tus in the Shrine of al-Rida `Ali b. Musa (s) on Friday, the Seventeenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Sixth Assembly in the shrine of al-Rida (as), the day of Ghadir Khumm, which is Saturday, the Eighteenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, the First of Muharram, 367 AH. He delivered it after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as)

The Twenty-Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the 5th of Muharram, 368 AH, after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as).

The Twenty-Ninth Assembly, the Gathering on Friday, the Eighth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirtieth Assembly, Saturday, the Ninth of Muharram, 268 AH, which is the [the Eve of] the Killing of al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as).

The Thirty-First Assembly in the Remainder of the Killing [of al-Husayn], Sunday, which is the Day of `Ashura’, Ten into al-Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Second Assembly, Tuesday, the Twelfth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Third Assembly, Friday, Halfway into Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Sixth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fourth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Seventh of Safar, 368 AH.

The Fortieth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-First of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Fifth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Two Nights Remaining from Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Seventh Assembly, Friday, the Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Ninth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twelfth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fiftieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the [Nineteenth] of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twenty-Third of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Third Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Sixth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Forth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the First of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the 8th of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eleventh of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Halfway through the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixtieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Last of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Third of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Ninth from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Sixth Assembly: The Assembly of Tuesday, the Thirteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Sixteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Eighth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, Ten Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirty-Second of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Seventh of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventy-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fifth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighth from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twelfth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Middle of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Eight Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Eightieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Seven Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Five Days Remaining in Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Eighth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Eighth Assembly, Saturday, the Last Day of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Sunday, the First of Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the House of al-Sayyid Abi Muhammad Yahya b. Muhammad al-`Alawi (ra)

The Ninetieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Third of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Six Nights into Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Tenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirteenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Fourth Assembly, Dictated on Tuesday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH in Holy Mashhad (Peace Be Upon its Inhabitant), When He Went to Houses Beyond the River

The Ninety-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH. Dictated in the Mashhad of Imam al-Rida (s).

The Ninety-Sixth Assembly, Another Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain from Sha`ban, 368 AH, at `Asr Time

The Ninety-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Thursday, Eleven Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the Mashhad of Our Master Abi'l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as)

198 / 1 - حدثنا الشيخ الجليل أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى ابن بابويه القمي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن نصر بن مزاحم، عن عمر بن سعد، عن أرطاة بن حبيب، عن فضيل الرسان، عن جبلة المكية، قالت: سمعت ميثما التمار (قدس الله روحه) يقول: والله لتقتلن هذه الامة ابن نبيها في المحرم لعشر يمضين منه، وليتخذن أعداء الله ذلك اليوم يوم بركة، وإن ذلك لكائن، قد سبق في علم الله تعالى ذكره، أعلم ذلك بعهد عهده إلي مولاي أمير المؤمنين (صلوات الله عليه)، ولقد أخبرني أنه يبكي عليه كل شئ حتى الوحوش في الفلوات، والحيتان في البحار، والطير في جو السماء، وتبكي عليه الشمس والقمر والنجوم والسماء والارض، ومؤمنو الانس والجن، وجميع ملائكة السماوات، ورضوان ومالك وحملة العرش، وتمطر السماء دما ورمادا. ثم قال: وجبت لعنة الله على قتلة الحسين (عليه السلام)، كما وجبت على المشركين الذين يجعلون مع الله إلها آخر، وكما وجبت على اليهود والنصارى والمجوس.  قالت جبلة: فقلت له: يا ميثم، وكيف يتخذ الناس ذلك اليوم الذي يقتل فيه الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) يوم بركة! فبكى ميثم (رضي الله عنه)، ثم قال سيزعمون بحديث يضعونه أنه اليوم الذي تاب الله فيه على آدم (عليه السلام)، وإنما تاب الله على آدم (عليه السلام) في ذي الحجة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي قبل الله فيه توبة داود (عليه السلام)، وإنما قبل الله توبته في ذي الحجة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي أخرج الله فيه يونس (عليه السلام) من بطن الحوت، وإنما أخرجه الله تعالى من بطن الحوت في ذي القعدة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي استوت فيه سفينة نوح (عليه السلام) على الجودي، وإنما استوت على الجودي يوم الثامن عشر من ذي الحجة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي فلق الله فيه البحر لبني إسرائيل، وإنما كان ذلك في ربيع الاول.  ثم قال ميثم: يا جبلة، اعلمي أن الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) سيد الشهداء يوم القيامة، ولاصحابه على سائر الشهداء درجة. يا جبلة، إذا نظرت إلى الشمس حمراء كأنها دم عبيط، فاعلمي أن سيدك الحسين قد قتل.  قالت جبلة: فخرجت ذات يوم، فرأيت الشمس على الحيطان كأنها الملاحف المعصفرة، فصحت حينئذ وبكيت، وقلت: قد والله قتل سيدنا الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) (1).

محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن بابويه

حدثنا الشيخ الفقيه أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه القمي رحمه الله  قال حدثنا

الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس

قال حدثنا

أبي

عن

محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب

نصر بن مزاحم

عمر بن سعد

أرطاة بن حبيب

فضيل الرسان

جبلة المكية

قالت سمعت

ميثم التمار

يقول

Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (ra) narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abu’l Khattab from Nasr b. Mazahim from `Umar b. Sa`d from Arta’ah b. Habib from Fudayl al-Rassan from Jabala al-Makkiyyah.  She said: I heard Maytham al Tammar (qr) say: By Allah! This nation will kill the son of its Prophet in Muharram, when ten days have passed from it. The enemies of Allah shall take that day to be a day of blessing, and it shall be. Its mention has preceded [its occurrence] in the knowledge of Allah. I know that due to the knowledge vested in my Master, Amir al-Mu’minin (as) and he has informed me that everything shall weep over him – even the wild beasts in the deserts, the fish in the seas, the birds [suspended] in the middle of the sky. The Sun, the Moon, the stars, the heaven, the Earth, the believing men and jinn, all of the angels of the heavens, Ridwan and Malik and the bearers of the Throne shall weep over him, and heaven shall rain blood and ashes.  Then, he said: Allah has made the damnation of the murderer of Husayn (as) obligatory just as He made [His damnation] obligatory on the pagans, those who appointed another god with Allah, the Jews, the Christians, and the Zoroastrians. Jabala said: Then I said to him: O Maytham! How will the people take that day on which Husayn b. `Ali (as) shall be killed to be a day of blessing?! Maytham (ra) wept and said: People will claim through a hadith which they have invented that it is the day on which Allah forgave Adam (as) while He forgave Adam (as) in Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah accepted the repentance of Dawud (as) while He accepted his repentance in Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah brought forth Yunus (as) from the belly of the whale while Allah brought him forth from the belly of the whale in Dhu’l Qi`dah. And they claim that it is the day on which the Ark of Nuh (as) came to a rest on Mount Judi while it came to a rest on Mount Judi on the eighteenth day of Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah split open the sea for the Children of Israel while that was in Rabi` al-Awwal. Then Maytham said: O Jabala! Know that Husayn b. `Ali (as) is the Master of the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection and his companions are a degree above the rest of the martyrs. O Jabala! When you see the Sun [turn] red as if it was fresh blood, then know that your master, Husayn, has been killed. Jabala said: I went out one day and I saw the Sun upon the walls (i.e. its rays) as if it were a blanket dyed in safflower. So, I shrieked at that time and wept, and I said: By Allah! Surely, our Master Husayn b. `Ali (as) has been killed!

199 / 2 - حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، عن إبراهيم بن أبي محمود، قال: قال الرضا (عليه السلام): إن المحرم شهر كان أهل الجاهلية يحرمون فيه القتال، فاستحلت فيه دماؤنا، وهتكت فيه حرمتنا، وسبي فيه ذرارينا ونساؤنا، وأضرمت النيران في مضاربنا، وانتهب ما فيها من ثقلنا، ولم ترع لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) حرمة في أمرنا. إن يوم الحسين أقرح جفوننا، وأسبل دموعنا، وأذل عزيزنا، بأرض (2) كرب وبلاء، أورثتنا الكرب والبلاء، إلى يوم الانقضاء، فعلى مثل الحسين فليبك الباكون، فإن البكاء يحط الذنوب العظام.  ثم قال (عليه السلام): كان أبي (صلوات الله عليه) إذا دخل شهر المحرم لا يرى ضاحكا، وكانت الكآبة تغلب عليه حتى يمضي منه عشرة أيام، فإذا كان يوم العاشر كان ذلك اليوم يوم مصيبته وحزنه وبكائه، ويقول: هو اليوم الذي قتل فيه الحسين (صلوات الله عليه) (1).

حدثنا

جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور

الحسين بن محمد بن عامر

عمه

إبراهيم بن أبي محمود

قال قال

الرضا عليه السلام

Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur (rh) narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Ibrahim b. Abi Mahmud.  He said: al-Rida (as) said: Muharram is the month in which the people of the Jahiliyya would prohibit fighting, but our blood was deemed lawful in it, our sanctity was violated in it, our offspring and our women were made captives in it, fire was ignited in our marquees and what was in them of our provision was plundered. And (despite our relationship) to the Messenger of Allah (s), the sanctity in our affair was not observed. Surely, on the day of Husayn, our eyelids were wounded, our tears made to flow, our beloved abased in the land of suffering and affliction. Suffering and affliction were rained down on us. So, those who lament should lament on the like of Husain till the day of termination (i.e. the last day of this world), for surely the crying diminishes the great sins. Then, he (as) said: When the month of Muharram would enter, my father (as) would not be seen laughing, and intense grief would overcome him until ten days had passed from it. So, when it would be the tenth day, that day would be the day of his affliction and his mourning and his lamenting. And he would say: This is the day on which Husayn (as) was killed.

200 / 3 - حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، قال حدثني محمد بن الحسين بن زيد، قال: حدثنا أبو أحمد محمد بن زياد، قال: حدثنا زياد بن المنذر، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس، قال: قال علي (عليه السلام) لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): يا رسول الله، إنك لتحب عقيلا؟ قال: إي والله إني لاحبه حبين: حبا له، وحبا لحب أبي طالب له، وإن ولده لمقتول في محبة ولدك، فتدمع عليه عيون المؤمنين، وتصلي عليه الملائكة المقربون. ثم بكى رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) حتى جرت دموعه على صدره، ثم قال: إلى الله أشكو ما تلقى عترتي من بعدي (2).

جعفر بن محمد بن مالك

قال حدثني

محمد بن الحسين بن زيد

أبو أحمد محمد بن زياد

زياد بن المنذر

سعيد بن جبير

ابن عباس

قال قال علي ع ل

رسول الله ص

Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris (rh) said: My father narrated to us from Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Malik. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Zaid narrated to me. He said: Abu Ahmad Muhammad b. Ziyad narrated to us. He said: Ziyad b. al Mundhir narrated to us from Sa`id b. Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas.  He said: `Ali (as) said to the Messenger of Allah (s): O Messenger of Allah! Surely, do you love `Aqil a lot? He said: Yes, by Allah! I love him with two loves – out of love for him and out of love for the love of Abu Talib for him. Surely, his son shall be killed in the love of your son. The eyes of the believers shall shed tears over him and the angels made proximate shall pray over him.  Then, the Messenger of Allah (s) wept until his tears flowed onto his chest.  Then, he said: I complain to Allah regarding that which my progeny shall encounter after me.

201 / 4 - حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق (رحمه الله)، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد الهمداني، عن علي بن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن أبيه، عن أبي الحسن علي بن موسى الرضا (عليه السلام)، قال: من ترك السعي في حوائجه يوم عاشورا قضى الله له حوائج الدنيا والآخرة، ومن كان يوم عاشورا يوم مصيبة وحزنه وبكائه جعل الله عز وجل يوم القيامة يوم فرحه وسروره، وقرت بنا في الجنان عينه، ومن سمى يوم عاشوراء يوم بركة وادخر فيه لمنزله شيئا لم يبارك له فيما ادخر، وحشر يوم القيامة مع يزيد وعبيد الله بن زياد وعمر بن سعد (لعنهم الله) إلى أسفل درك من النار (3).

محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق

قال أخبرنا

أحمد بن محمد الهمداني

علي بن الحسن بن علي بن فضال

أبيه

أبي الحسن علي بن موسى الرضا عليه السلام

قال

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq (rh) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al Hamadani informed us from `Ali b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal from his father from Abu ‘l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as).  He said: Whoever shuns striving for his needs on the day of `Ashura’, Allah will meet his needs of this world and the Hereafter. Whoever spends the day of `Ashura’ as a day of his adversity and his grief and his lamentation, Allah will make the Day of Resurrection as a day of his happiness and his delight, and his eye shall be cooled due to us in the Gardens. But, whoever calls the day of `Ashura’ as a day of blessing and stores anything in his lodging on it, whatever he has stored on that day will not be blessed; and on the Day of Resurrection, he will be gathered with Yazid, `Ubaydullah b. Ziyad, and `Umar b. Sa`d (la) in the lowermost of the lowest pit of the Fire.

202 / 5 - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن الريان بن شبيب، قال: دخلت على الرضا (عليه السلام) في أول يوم من المحرم، فقال لي: يا بن شبيب، أصائم أنت؟ فقلت: لا. فقال: إن هذا اليوم هو اليوم الذي دعا فيه زكريا (عليه السلام) ربه عز وجل، فقال: (رب هب لى من لدنك ذرية طيبة إنك سميع الدعاء) (1) فاستجاب به، وأمر الملائكة فنادت زكريا وهو قائم يصلي في المحراب: (أن الله يبشرك بيحيى) (2) فمن صام هذا اليوم ثم دعا الله عز وجل استجاب الله له، كما استجاب لزكريا (عليه السلام). ثم قال: يا بن شبيب، إن المحرم هو الشهر الذي كان أهل الجاهلية فيما مضى يحرمون فيه الظلم والقتال لحرمته، فما عرفت هذه الامة حرمة شهرها ولا حرمة نبيها (صلى الله عليه وآله)، لقد قتلوا في هذا الشهر ذريته، وسبوا نساءه، وانتهبوا ثقله، فلا غفر الله لهم ذلك أبدا.  يا بن شبيب، إن كنت باكيا لشئ، فابك للحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، فإنه ذبح كما يذبح الكبش، وقتل معه من أهل بيته ثمانية عشر رجلا ما لهم في الارض شبيه، ولقد بكت السماوات السبع والارضون لقتله، ولقد نزل إلى الارض من الملائكة أربعة آلاف لنصره فوجدوه قد قتل، فهم عند قبره شعث قبر إلى أن يقوم القائم، فيكونون من أنصاره، وشعارهم: يا لثارات الحسين.  يا بن شبيب، لقد حدثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن جده (عليه السلام): أنه لما قتل جدي الحسين (صلوات الله عليه)، مطرت السماء دما وترابا أحمر.  يا بن شبيب، إن بكيت على الحسين (عليه السلام) حتى تصير دموعك على خديك غفر الله لك كل ذنب أذنبته، صغيرا كان أو كبيرا، قليلا كان أو كثيرا.  يا بن شبيب، إن سرك أن تلقى الله عز وجل ولا ذنب عليك، فزر الحسين (عليه السلام).  يا بن شبيب، إن سرك أن تسكن الغرف المبنية في الجنة مع النبي وآله (صلوات الله عليهم)، فالعن قتلة الحسين.  يا بن شبيب، إن سرك أن يكون لك من الثواب مثل ما لمن استشهد مع الحسين (عليه السلام) فقل متى ما ذكرته: يا ليتني كنت معهم فأفوز فوزا عظيما.  يا بن شبيب، إن سرك أن تكون معنا في الدرجاب العلى من الجنان، فاحزن لحزننا وافرح لفرحنا، وعليك بولايتنا، فلو أن رجلا تولى حجرا لحشره الله معه يوم القيامة (1).

محمد بن علي ماجيلويه

علي بن إبراهيم

الريان بن شبيب

قال دخلت على

Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh (rh) said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father from al Rayyan b. Shabib.  He said: I came into the presence of al-Rida (as) on the first day of Muharram. He said to me: O son of Shabib! Are you fasting? I said: No. So, he said: Verily this day is the day on which Zakariyya (as) called upon his Lord. He said: “My Lord! Grant me good offspring from you; surely You are the Hearer of prayers” (3:38). So, Allah answered him and ordered the angels to call out to Zakariyya while he was standing in the prayer-niche, that “Surely, Allah gives you the glad-tidings of Yahya” (3:39). Whoever fasts this day and then calls out to Allah, Allah will respond to him like He responded to Zakariyya. Then he said: O son of Shabib! Muharram is the month in which the people of the Jahiliyya from the past would prohibit oppression and fighting due to its sanctity, but this Nation did not recognize the sanctity of its month nor the sanctity of its Prophet (s). They killed his offspring in this month and captured his women and plundered his provisions. So, Allah will not forgive them of that, ever. O son of Shabib! If you were to cry over anything, then cry over Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as), for he was slaughtered like the ram is slaughtered. Eighteen men from the people of his house, the like of whom are not to be found on the earth, were murdered with him. The seven heavens and the Earths wailed over his killing. Four thousand angels descended toward the Earth, but they found that he had been murdered. So, they shall remain dishevelled and dusty till the Qa’im rises; then they will be from his helpers. And their slogan is: “Vengeance for the blood of Husayn!” O son of Shabib! My father narrated to me from his father from his grandfather (as): Surely, when my grandfather Husayn (s) was killed, the sky rained down blood and red dust. O son of Shabib! If you wept over Husayn (as) to the extent that your tears came onto your cheeks, Allah will forgive all of your sins which you have committed, minor or major, little or excessive. O son of Shabib! If you take pleasure in meeting Allah while there is no sin over you, then visit Husayn (as). O son of Shabib! If you take pleasure in residing in the erected chamber in Paradise along with the Prophet and his progeny (s), then curse the murderer of Husayn. O son of Shabib! If you take pleasure in having a like of the reward of the one who was martyred with Husayn (as), then whenever you mention him, say: “How I wish I was with them! I would have attained a great victory!” O son of Shabib! If you take pleasure in being with us in the highest stages of the Gardens, then grieve over our sorrow and be happy in our happiness. And, you must keep to our wilaya, for surely, were a man to befriend a stone, Allah will raise him with it on the Day of Resurrection.

203 / 6 - حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا محمد ابن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن نصر بن مزاحم المنقري، عن عمر بن سعد، عن أبي شعيب التغلبي، عن يحيى بن يمان، عن إمام لبني سليم، عن أشياخ لهم، قالوا: غزونا بلاد الروم، فدخلنا كنيسة من كنائسهم، فوجدنا فيها مكتوبا:  أيرجو معشر قتلوا حسينا * * شفاعة جده يوم الحساب  قالوا فسألنا منذ كم هذا في كنيستكم؟ فقالوا: قبل أن يبعث نبيكم بثلاثمائة عام (2).

سعد بن عبد الله

نصر بن مزاحم المنقري

أبي شعيب التغلبي

يحيى بن يمان

إمام لبني سليم

أشياخ لهم

قالوا

My father (ra) narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abu’l Khattab narrated to us from Nasr b. Mazahim al-Munqari from `Umar b. Sa`d from Abu Shu`ayb al-Taghlabi from Yahya b. Yaman from a leader of Banu Sulaym from their elders.  They said: We invaded the cities of Rome and entered a church from their churches. We found written therein: Does the congregation that killed Husayn hope [for the] intercession of his grandfather on the Day of Reckoning? They said: So, we asked: Since when has this been in your church? They said: Three hundred years prior to the raising of your Prophet.

204 / 7 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن موسى الدقاق (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد ابن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، قال: حدثنا موسى بن عمران النخعي، عن عمه الحسين بن يزيد، عن الحسن بن علي بن سالم، عن أبيه، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه (عليه السلام)، قال: كان للحسين بن علي (عليه السلام) خاتمان، نقش أحدهما: لا إله إلا الله، عدة للقاء الله. ونقش الآخر: إن الله بالغ أمره، وكان نقش خاتم علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام): خزي وشقي قاتل الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) (1).

علي بن أحمد بن موسى الدقاق

محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي

موسى بن عمران النخعي

عمه الحسين بن يزيد

الحسن بن علي بن سالم

الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليه السلام

`Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa al-Daqqaq (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abu `Abdillah al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Musa b. `Imran al-Nakha`i narrated to us from his uncle al-Husayn b. Yazid from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Salim from his father from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father (as).  He said: There were two rings for al-Husayn b. `Ali (as). The inscription on one of them was: “There is no god but Allah, prepare for the meeting with Allah” (La ilaha illa ‘llah, `uddatu liliqaa’illah), and the inscription on the other was: “Surely, Allah brings about His order (Innallaha balighu amrih).” And the inscription on the ring of `Ali b. al-Husayn (as) was: Debased and wretched is the murderer of al-Husayn b. `Ali (as) (Khizi wa shaqi qatil al-Husayn b. `Ali).

205 / 8 - حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن حمزة بن حمران، عن أبيه، عن أبي حمزة، عن علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه، عن أمير المؤمنين (صلوات الله عليهم)، أنه جاء إليه رجل، فقال له: يا أبا الحسن، إنك تدعى أمير المؤمنين، فمن أمرك عليهم؟ قال (عليه السلام): الله جل جلاله أمرني عليهم. فجاء الرجل إلى رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) فقال: يا رسول الله، أيصدق علي فيما يقول إن الله أمره على خلقه، فغضب النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) وقال: إنا عليا أمير المؤمنين بولاية من الله عز وجل، عقدها له فوق عرشه، وأشهد على ذلك ملائكته، أن عليا خليفة الله، وحجة الله، وأنه لامام المسلمين، طاعته مقرونة بطاعة الله، ومعصيته مقرونة بمعصية الله، فمن جهله فقد جهلني، ومن عرفه فقد عرفني، ومن أنكر إمامته فقد أنكر نبوتي، ومن جحد إمرته فقد جحد رسالتي، ومن دفع فضله فقد تنقصني، ومن قاتله فقد قاتلني، ومن سبه فقد سبني، لانه مني، خلق من طينتي، وهو زوج فاطمة ابنتي، وأبو ولدي الحسن والحسين.  ثم قال (صلى الله عليه وآله) أنا وعلي وفاطمة والحسن والحسين وتسعة من ولد الحسين حجج الله على خلقه، أعداؤنا أعداء الله، وأولياؤنا أولياء الله (2).

ابن أبي عمير

حمزة بن حمران

أبي حمزة

علي بن الحسين عليه السلام

عن أبيه ع عن

أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام

عن أبيه ع عن أمير المؤمنين ع...فجاء الرجل إلى

فقال...فغضب النبي ص ثم قال

Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur (rh) narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Ibn Abi `Umayr from Hamza b. Humran from his father from Abi Hamza from `Ali b. al-Husayn from his father from Amir al Mu’minin (s) that a man came to him and said to him: O Abu’l Hasan! You are called the Amir al-Mu’minin; so, who ordered you over them? He (as) said: Allah ordered me over them.  So, the man came to the Messenger of Allah (s) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Does `Ali speak the truth when he says that Allah ordered him over His creation? The Prophet (s) was enraged, and he said: Surely, `Ali is the Amir al-Mu’minin through guardianship from Allah; it was awarded to him over His Throne. The angels have borne witness that `Ali is the vicegerent of Allah and the Proof of Allah and that he is the Imam of the Muslims. His obedience is coupled with the obedience of Allah and his disobedience is coupled with the disobedience of Allah. So, whoever was ignorant about him, he is ignorant about me and whoever recognised him, indeed he has recognised me. And whoever denied his Imamate, he has denied my prophethood and whoever denied his rulership has denied my messengership. And whoever refuted his superiority, he has lowered me and whoever fought with him he has fought with me. And whoever insulted him he has insulted me, for he is from me, created from my clay and he is the husband of Fatima, my daughter, and the father of my sons, al-Hasan and al-Husayn. Then he (s) said: Surely, I and `Ali and Fatimah and al-Hasan and al-Husayn and nine from the sons of Husayn are the Proofs of Allah upon His creation. Our enemies are the enemies of Allah and our friends are the friends of Allah.

206 / 9 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن موسى الدقاق (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد ابن جعفر الاسدي، قال: حدثنا موسى بن عمران، عن الحسين بن يزيد، عن محمد بن سنان، عن المفضل بن عمر، عن ثابت بن دينار، عن سعيد بن جبير، قال: قال يزيد بن قعنب: كنت جالسا مع العباس بن عبد المطلب وفريق من عبد العزى بإزاء بيت الله الحرام، إذ أقبلت فاطمة بنت أسد أم أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، وكانت حاملة به لتسعة أشهر وقد أخذها الطلق، فقالت: رب إني مؤمنة بك وبما جاء من عندك من رسل وكتب، وإني مصدقة بكلام جدي إبراهيم الخليل (عليه السلام)، وإنه بنى البيت العتيق، فبحق الذي بنى هذا البيت، وبحق المولود الذي في بطني لما يسرت علي ولادتي.  قال يزيد بن قعنب: فرأينا البيت وقد انفتح عن ظهره، ودخلت فاطمة فيه، وغابت عن أبصارنا، والتزق الحائط، فرمنا أن ينفتح لنا قفل الباب فلم ينفتح، فعلمنا أن ذلك أمر من أمر الله عز وجل ثم خرجت بعد الرابع وبيدها أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، ثم قالت: إني فضلت على من تقدمني من النساء، لان آسية بنت مزاحم عبدت الله عز وجل سرا في موضع لا يحب أن يعبد الله فيه إلا اضطرارا، وإن مريم بنت عمران هزت النخلة اليابسة بيدها حتى أكلت منها رطبا جنيا، وإني دخلت بيت الله الحرام فأكلت من ثمار الجنة وأرزاقها، فلما أردت أن أخرج هتف بي هاتف: يا فاطمة، سميه عليا، فهو علي، والله العلي الاعلى يقول: إني شققت اسمه من اسمي، وأدبته بأدبي، ووقفته على غامض علمي، وهو الذي يكسر الاصنام في بيتي، وهو الذي يؤذن فوق ظهر بيتي، ويقدسني ويمجدني، فطوبى لمن أحبه وأطاعه، وويل لمن أبغضه وعصاه (1).

محمد بن جعفر الأسدي

موسى بن عمران

الحسين بن يزيد

محمد بن سنان

المفضل بن عمر

ثابت بن دينار

يزيد بن قعنب

كنت جالسا مع العباس بن عبد المطلب و فريق من عبد العزى بإزاء بيت الله الحرام إذ أقبلت

فاطمة بنت أسد أم أمير المؤمنين

و كانت حاملة به لتسعة أشهر و قد أخذها الطلق فقالت

`Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa al-Daqqaq (rh) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ja`far al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: Musa b. `Imran narrated to us from al-Husayn b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Sinan from al Mufaddal b. `Umar from Thabit b. Dinar from Sa`id b. Jubayr.  He said: Yazid b. Qa`nab said: I was sitting with al-`Abbas b. `Abd al-Muttalib and a party of the tribe of `Abd al `Uzza were near the Sacred House of Allah when Fatima bt. Asad, the mother of Amir al-Mu’minin (as), who was nine months pregnant and overtaken by labour pains, approached. She said: My Lord! Surely, I am a believer in You and in what has come from You of the messengers and the books. And I am a believer in the word of my grandfather, Ibrahim the Friend (as), who laid the foundation of the Ancient House. So, for the sake of the one who laid the foundation of this House and for the sake of the child who is in my womb, with whom I have come to You, facilitate my delivery for me. Yazid b. Qa`nab said: We saw the House open at its back and Fatima enter therein and disappear from our sight, and the wall come together [again]. We tried to get the lock of the door to open for us, but it did not open. So, we knew that the decree was from Allah’s command. Then, she came out after four days, and in her hand was Amir al-Mu’minin (as).  And she said: I have excellence over all the women who have preceded me because Asiya b. Mazahim worshipped Allah in secret in a place where it is not liked that Allah be worshipped therein save under compulsion. And Maryam b. `Imran had to shake the dried date palm until she ate ripe fruits from it, while I entered the Sacred House of Allah and ate from the dates of Paradise and its sustenance. When I desired to come out, a crier called out to me: “O Fatima! Name him `Ali, for he is `Ali and Allah is al-`Ali (the High) al-A`la (the Most High). He (Allah) says: I have split his name from Mine and trained him Myself and made him fit for the mystery of My knowledge and he is the one who will break the idols in My House and he is the one who will call towards prayer on top of My House. He will glorify Me and he will extol me. So, glad tidings str for the one who loves him and obeys him; and woe is for the one who holds malice for him and disobeys him.

Al-Amālī

Book 1, Chapter 27