3. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ya’qūb ibn Yazīd, and from Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from Muḥammad ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from some of his scholars, who said:

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) explained the verse, “When the soul buried alive is asked for what sin it was put to death” (81:8-9) by saying, “This verse was revealed about Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali .”