SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Sadeq (AS) who said: Whenever God wants to grant a blessing to someone, fills that person’s heart with friendship and love of Ziarat of Imam Hussain (AS); and the opposite will happen to someone whom God does not want to grant that particular blessing [1]. In another narration, Imam Reza (AS) said: Whoever performs Ziarat of Imam Hussain (AS) on the edge of Forat River is like someone who has performed Ziarat of God at the place of Divine Throne [2].
Mohammad ibn Moslem narrated from Imam Baqir (AS) who said: If people knew what blessings are hidden in Ziarat Imam Hussain (AS), they would have died from eagerness of his Ziarat, and they would be out of breath from regret! I asked: What blessings are hidden in Ziarat of Imam Hussain (AS)? Imam (AS) replied: Whoever performs Ziarat of Imam Hussain (AS) with devotion, Allah (SWT) will grant to that person the rewards of thousand accepted Hajj, and thousand pure lives; and the rewards of thousand martyrs of Badr, and the rewards of thousand persons fasting, and rewards of thousand accepted charitable deeds, and the rewards of freeing a slave who has been set free for the sake of God [3].
[1] Wasaelul Shia, Al-Horr Al-Aameli, Vol. 14, Page 496.
[2] Tahzibul Ahkam, Mohammad ibn Al-Hassan Al-Toosi, Vol. 6, Page 46.
[3] Wasaelul Shia, Al-Horr Al-Aameli, Vol. 14, Page 453.