Merits

Ziyārah of Allāh on His Throne

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  • Zayd al-Shaḥām narrates: I asked Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a), “What is the reward for those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a)?”

    Imām(a) replied, “They are like those who have performed ziyārah of Allāh on his throne.”

    I asked, “What is the reward for those who perform the ziyārah of any of you?”

    Imām(a) replied, “They are like those who have performed ziyārah of Rasūl Allāh(s).”

  • Imām al-Riḍā(a) narrates: “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) by the shores of the Euphrates are like those who have performed the ziyārah of Allāh on his throne.”

  • Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) narrates: “Allāh will record those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) while having maʿrifah as amongst those who will be in the highest places of paradise.”

  • Ḥārūn b. Khārijah narrates: I heard Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a) say, “Allāh will record those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) while having maʿrifah as amongst those who will be in the highest places of paradise.”

  • Al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Qummī narrates: Imām al-Riḍā(a) said to me, “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of my father Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim(a) in Baghdad are like those who have performed the ziyārah of Rasūl Allāh(s) and ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn(a) except performing the ziyārah of Rasūl Allāh(s) and ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn(a) has its own unique attributes.”

    Then Imām(a) added, “Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of Abū ʿAbd Allāh Imām al-Ḥusayn( a) by the banks of the Euphrates are like those who have performed the ziyārah of Allāh on his throne”

  • Bashīr al-Dahān narrates: Every year I used to go for Ḥajj, but one year I did not go. The next year after going for Ḥajj, I went to Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq(a).

    Imām(a) asked me, “O’ Bashīr! What prevented you from going to Ḥajj last year?”

    I replied, “May I be sacrificed for you! There were some who owed me money. I was worried I would not collect it so I spent the day of ‘Arafa next to the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) instead.”

    Imām(a) said, “Then you did not miss any of the rewards given to those who were in Arafa. O’ Bashīr! Those who perform the ziyārah of the grave of al-Ḥusayn(a) while having maʿrifah are like those who have performed the ziyārah of Allāh on his throne.”