Removes Sufferings and Fulfils Needs

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “There is a grave near you to which no grief-stricken person goes without Allāh removing his grief and fulfilling his requests.”

Abū al-Ṣabāḥ al-Kanānī narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) say, “There is a grave near you to which no grief-stricken person goes without Allāh removing his grief and fulfilling his requests. There are four thousand angels next to his grave who have been there since the day he left this world. They are disheveled, covered with dust and they mourn over Him and will do so until the Day of Judgment. These angels accompany those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a) back to their dwellings. If the visitor become ill, the angels visit them. When the visitor die, the angels follow their dead bodies in their funerals.”

ʾIsmaʿīl b. Jabīr narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) say, “Al-Ḥusayn^(a) was slaughtered while being in a state of grief. This is why Allāh removes the grief of those who perform his ziyārah.”

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “Allāh offered our wilayah to the inhabitants of various lands but none accepted it immediately except the inhabitants of Kūfa. There is a grave near Kūfa which no grief- stricken person goes and prays four units of prayer without Allāh removing his grief and fulfilling his requests.”

Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir^(a) narrates: “Al-Ḥusayn^(a), Master of Karbalā, was martyred while he was oppressed, afflicted, thirsty, and wronged. It is only fitting that every grief-stricken person, every afflicted person, every sinful person, every discouraged person, every thirsty person, and every misfortunate person who performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a), prays beside his grave, and seeks the nearness of Allāh through al-Ḥusayn^(a) will have his grief removed by Allāh and Allāh will fulfill his requests, forgive his sins, prolong his life and increase his sustenance. “Take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!”¹

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “There is a grave on the outskirts of Kūfa (i.e. the grave of Imām al-Ḥusayn^(a)) where no grief-stricken person goes without Allāh removing his grief.”

Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir^(a) narrates: “Our wilayah was offered to the inhabitants of various lands but none accepted it without hesitation the way the inhabitants of Kūfa did. This is because the grave of ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn^(a) is located within it. There is another grave near to the grave of ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn^{( a)} (i.e. the grave of Imām al-Ḥusayn^(a)) where none who goes there and prays 2 or 4 raka’at beside it and then asks Allāh for his needs without Allāh granting their requests. Indeed, one thousand angels encircle this grave daily.”

Ibn Abū Ya’fūr narrates: I said to Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a), “My desire to see you is what allowed me to endure the difficulties of the journey towards you.”

Imām^(a) replied, “Do not complain about this to your Lord. Why do you not go to the one who has more right upon you than me?”

Hearing that there was someone whom I was more duty-bound than I was toward him was more difficult for me to hear than when he told me “Do not complain about this to your Lord.”

So I asked, “Towards whom am I more duty-bound than I am towards you?”

Imām^(a) replied, “Al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī^(a). Why do you not perform his ziyārah and beseech Allāh whilst beside his grave regarding your needs?”

Isḥāq b. Ziyād narrates: A man came to Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) and said, “I have sold all of my belongings and properties. I am thinking of moving to Mecca.”

Imām^(a) said, “Do not do this, for the people of Mecca openly disbelieve in Allāh.” The man asked, “What about the city of Rasūl Allāh^(s)?” Imām^(a) replied, “The people there are even worse than the people of Mecca.” The man asked, “Then where should I move to?”

Imām^(a) replied, “Go to Kūfa in Iraq, for the blessings of that land span twelve miles. There is a grave within it which is not visited by the grief-stricken without Allāh removing his grief.”