Visiting with Maʿrifah

Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim^(a) narrates: “Allāh will forgive all of the past and future sins of those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having his maʿrifah.”

Ḥārūn b. Khārijah narrates: I said to Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a), “People narrate that those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a) will receive the reward of performing a Ḥajj and ʿUmrah.”

Imām^(a) said, “I swear by Allāh that those who perform his ziyārah whilst having maʿrifah will be forgiven for all of their past and future sins.”

Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim^(a) narrates: “The least reward for those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^{( a)} by the shores of the Euphrates whilst having maʿrifah and believing in his greatness and wilayah is the forgiveness for all of their past and future sins.”

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “Allāh will forgive all of the past and future sins for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah.”

Muthannā al-Hanāṭ narrates: I heard Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim^(a) say, “Allāh will forgive the past and future sins for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah.”

Hind al-Hanāṭ narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) say, “Allāh will forgive the past and future sins of those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah and believing in his Imāmate.”

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah will be forgiven for all of their past and future sins.”

Qaʿid al-Hanāṭ narrates: I said to Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim^(a), “There are some who take food and people to mourn with them when they perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a).”

Imām^(a) said, “I have heard of this. O’ Qaʿid! Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah will be forgiven for all of their past and future sins.”

Imām Zayn al-ʿAbidīn^(a) narrates: I heard my father say, “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah will be forgiven for all of their past and future sins.”

Qaʿid al-Hanāṭ narrates: I went to Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim^(a) and said, “May I be sacrificed for you! There are numerous people performing the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a). Some who believe in the wilayah of Ahl al-Bayt^(a), some who deny it, and even women. It (i.e. ziyārah) has become so popular that I no longer perform it out of fear of being known.”

Imām^(a) did not immediately reply to me; remaining silent for a time. Then Imām^(a) looked towards me and said, “O’ Iraqi! Even if others are going, you should always go. Just do not make your identity known. I swear by Allāh there is none who performs the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst knowing his rights without Allāh forgiving all of his past and future sins.”

Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq^(a) narrates: “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn^(a) whilst having maʿrifah are like those who have performed Ḥajj three times in the company of Rasūl Allāh^{( s)}.”

Muḥammad b. Abū Jarīr al-Qummī narrates: I heard Imām al-Riḍā^(a) say to my father, “Those who perform the ziyārah of al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī^(a) whilst having maʿrifah will be speaking with Allāh on top of His thrown on the day of judgment. “Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers, In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.”¹