The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) by the Angels

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: There is no angel in the heavens or on earth who does not ask Allāh for permission to go to the Ziyārah of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.). (There is always) a crowd descending…

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: Allāh has not created any creation greater in number than the angels. Every evening, seventy thousand angels descend from the heavens. They perform Ťawāf around Bayt…

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The space between the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) and the heavens is (always) filled with angels who are descending and ascending (back and forth from the Ziyārah).

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: The boundaries of the grave (the Ḥaram) of Ḥusain (a.s.) are twenty ells by twenty ells and this location is a garden from the gardens of Paradise. The ascent toward the…

I said to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)): May I sacrifice myself for you, O son of the Messenger of Allāh! On the night of ‘Arafah, I was in Ḥīrah (Ḥā`ir) and I saw three to four thousand handsome men who smelled…

I said to Abī ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)): On the night of ‘Arafah, I was in Ḥā`ir praying. I saw close to fifty thousand handsome men who smelled beautiful and who were praying Salāt all night. It was after dawn that…