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Angels welcome, bid farewell & ask forgiveness
Ḥārūn b. Khārijah narrates: I heard Imām al-Ṣādiq(a) say, “Allāh has devoted four thousand disheveled angels covered with dust to the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) who mourn over him and will continue to do so until the Day of Judgment. These angels accompany those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a) whilst having maʿrifah until the visitors return back safely. If the visitor falls ill, then the angels will visit them every morning and evening. When the visitor dies, the angels will attend their funerals and seek forgiveness for them until the Day of Judgment.”
Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir(a) narrates: “There are four thousand disheveled angels covered with dust who mourn over al-Ḥusayn(a) and will do so until the Day of Judgment. These angels welcome everyone who performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a), accompanies them as they return back from his ziyārah, visits them if they become ill, and attends the funerals of the visitors when they die.”
Abū Ṣaba al-Kinānī narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) say, “There is a grave near you which no mournful person goes without Allāh removing his sorrows and fulfilling his requests. There are four thousand angels beside this grave who have been there since the day he departed this world. They are disheveled, covered with dust, and they mourn over him and will do so until the Day of Judgment.”
Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) narrates: “When a man leaves his home in order to perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a), seven hundred angels accompany him. They surround him from above his head, under his feet, to his right, to his left, and from behind him until he arrives safely. After he performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn( a), a crier will call out to the visitor, “You have been forgiven. Go forth and perform only good deeds.” These angels accompany him until he returns back to his home. When they arrive at his house, they will say to the visitor, “We leave you in the protection of Allāh.” These angels will visit him repeatedly until he dies. After which, the angels will continue performing the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) every day, their reward will be recorded for that visitor.”
Muḥammad al-Ḥalabī narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) say, “Allāh has devoted four thousand disheveled, dust covered angels to the grave of Al-Ḥusayn(a) who will remain there until the rising of the Hour. These angels accompany everyone who performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a). The angels visit the visitor if they fall ill, and attend their funerals when they die.”
Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) narrates: “Allāh has devoted four thousand disheveled and dust covered angels to the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a). They mourn over al-Ḥusayn(a) from dawn until midday; when they ascend to the heavens. They are then replaced by another assembly of four thousand angels who mourn over him until dawn. These angels testify to the loyalty and sincerity of those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a). The angels accompany the visitor back to their families, the angels visit the visitor when they fall ill, and the angels pray for them when they die.”
Imām al-Kāẓim(a) narrates: “When a person leaves his home in order to perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a), Allāh devotes an angel to him who will place his finger on his back and will start writing every word he utters until he arrives at al-Ḥāʾir. After the visitor enters through the gate of al-Ḥāʾir, the angel will place his palm on the middle of his back and say, “All of your past sins have been forgiven. Go forth in goodness.”
Ḥārūn b. Khārijah narrates: I was with Imām al-Ṣādiq(a) when a man asked him, “What is the reward for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a)?”
Imām(a) replied, “When al-Ḥusayn(a) was slaughtered, even the lands mourned him. So Allāh devoted four thousand disheveled angels covered with dust to mourn over him and they will continue to do so until the Day of Judgment. These angels accompany those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a) with maʿrifah until he arrives safely at his destination. If the visitor becomes ill, the angels visit him every morning and evening. And when he dies, these angels attend his funeral and seek forgiveness for him until the Day of Judgment.”
Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) narrates: “Four thousand angels descended on the day of ʿĀshūrāʾ in order to fight alongside al-Ḥusayn(a) but they were not given permission by Imām al-Ḥusayn(a) to fight. So they ascended back to the heavens to seek permission from Allāh. By the time they returned, al-Ḥusayn(a) had already been martyred. The angels remain disheveled and covered in dust beside al-Ḥusayn’s grave, mourning over him. They will continue to do so until the Day of Judgment. Their leader is an angel named Manṣūr. These angels welcome everyone who performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a) and accompany them as they bid farewell to al-Ḥusayn(a). The angels visit them if they become ill. The angels perform prayers for the visitors at their funerals when they die and seek forgiveness for them after their death. All of these angels wait upon the earth for the reappearance of al al-Qāʾim(a).”
Muḥammad b. Mudārib narrated from Mālik al-Juhanī that he said: Imām al-Bāqir(a) said: “O’ Mālik! When al-Ḥusayn(a) left this world by the order of Allāh, Allāh sent four thousand disheveled angels covered in dust to al-Ḥusayn(a). These angels mourn over al-Ḥusayn(a) and will continue to do so until the Day of Judgment. Allāh will forgive all of the past and future sins and one Ḥajj will be written for those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a) whilst having maʿrifah. The visitor will be protected until they return to their families.”
Muḥammad b. Mudārib added, “After Imām al-Bāqir(a) left this world and Mālik had died, I went to Imām al-Ṣādiq(a) and narrated this to him. When I mentioned Ḥajj will be written for those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn(a), Imām(a) said, “And an ʿUmrah as well, O’ Muḥammad!”