The Merits of Karbalā and the Ziyārah of Ĥusain (a.s.)

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) ask one of his followers, “Do you go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Abī ‘Abdillāh, Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.)?” The man replied, “Yes, I go to his Ziyārah once every two or three…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The land of the Ka’bah (once) said, “Who is like me, for Allāh has built His house on me, people from far distances come to me, and I have been chosen as Allāh’s Ḥaram and His safe…

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified the land of Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. Therefore, it was blessed and…

"Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified the land of Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. He blessed it and sanctified it before the creation of any created being…

‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (a.s.) said: "Allāh chose the land of Karbalā as a safe and blessed Ḥaram twenty-four thousand years before He created the land of the Ka’bah and chose it as a Ḥaram. Verily when Allāh, the Blessed and…

"Ghādiriyyah is the land on which Allāh spoke to Mūsā ibn ‘Imrān (a.s.) and He confided in Nūḥ (a.s.). It is the most honourable land with Allāh and if it was not so, Allāh would not have entrusted (the bodies of) His…

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said: My son will be buried in a land called Karbalā. It is the land which contained the Dome of Islam wherein Allāh saved the believers who believed in Nūḥ at the time of the flood.

The Messenger of Allah (sw) said, 'My son will be buried in a land known as Karbala. It is the blessed spot where the Dome of Islam stands, from which Allah saved the believers who believed with Noah during the Flood.'"

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Go to the Ziyārah of Karbalā and do not abandon it, for verily the best of the sons of the prophets is buried in it. Verily the angels went to the Ziyārah of Karbalā one thousand…

"Visit Karbala and do not cut it off, for among the best offspring of the prophets, it has been included. Indeed, the angels visited Karbala a thousand years before my grandfather Husayn (AS) settled in it. And there is…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The Commander of the Believers, ‘Ali (a.s.), was traveling with some people and when they were at the distance of one or two miles before Karbalā, the Commander of the Believers…

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: Allāh, the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. Therefore, it was blessed and sanctified before the creation of…

Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: Allāh, the Exalted, created, blessed, and sanctified Karbalā twenty-four thousand years before He created the Ka’bah. Therefore, it was blessed and sanctified before the creation of…

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: Verily Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, has elevated some lands and (bodies of) water above others. Some of these lands and waters boasted to others and some of them…