The Killer of Ĥusain (a.s.) and the Killer of Yaĥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.)

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Ḥusain (a.s.) (also) was conceived illegitimately. The sky has never cried on anyone but them. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, and Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain, both from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from his father, from Ḥasan, from Faďālah ibn Ayyūb, from Kulayb ibn Mu’āwiyah Al-Asadi, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said: There is a position in Hell that no one deserves except the killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and the killer of Yahyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.).

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: I swear to Allāh that the descendants of the killers of Ḥusain (a.s.) will be killed for the acts of their fathers.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The killer of Ḥusain (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was (also) conceived illegitimately.

I heard Abā Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) say: Verily Allāh has placed the killing of the children of the prophets from the previous nations in the hands of those who were conceived illegitimately.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) was (also) conceived illegitimately.

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) was asked, “Who stopped Fir’awn from killing Mūsā (a.s.) which is referred to in this verse, ‘Fir’awn said, ‘Let me kill Mūsā’ (40:26)?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “(Fir’awn could not kill Mūsā (a.s.)) because he was conceived legitimately. Verily the prophets and the Decisive Proofs are only killed by those who are conceived illegitimately and by the children of adulteresses.” The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father and all of my scholars, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from ‘Ali ibn Asbāť, from Ismā’īl ibn Abī Ziyād, from some of his scholars, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.). My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from some of his companions, from Ibn Muskān, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately.

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: No one kills the prophets or their descendants except those who are conceived illegitimately.

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said, “No one kills the prophets or their descendants except those who are conceived illegitimately.”

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: The killer of Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was conceived illegitimately and the killer of Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (a.s.) (also) was conceived illegitimately. The sky and the earth have never cried on anyone but them.