3RD ZIYARAT OF IMAM HUSAIN (A)
This is a short Ziarat that Sayyid Ibne Taaoos (a.r.) has narrated in Mazaar and mentioned that it has too much fazilat. Without chain of narrators Jaabir Ibne Johfi (r.a.) has narrated from Hazrat Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that Imam (a.s.) told him:
What is the distance between you and the grave of Imam Husain (a.s.)?
He says: I said: A little more than a day's travel. Imam said:
Do you perform the ziarat of Imam Husain (a.s.)?
I said: Yes. He (a.s.) said:
Shall I not make you happy? Shall I not inform you of the rewards of this?
I said: May I be sacrificed on you, please do so. He (a.s.) said:
When one of you prepares for the Ziarat the dwellers of the heavens give good news to each other and when he leaves the house and goes by a vehicle or on foot, Allah appoints 1000 Angels that they continue to send salawat (blessings) on him till he reaches the grave of Imam Husain (a.s.).
After this Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said:
When you go near the grave of Imam Husain (a.s.) stand at the door of the shrine and recite these words as in exchange of each word you will receive the benefit of Allah's mercy.
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ اٰدَمَ صِفْوَۃِ اللهِ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ نُوْحٍ نَبِیِّ اللهِ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ اِبْرَاهِیْمَ خَلِیْلِ اللهِ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ مُوسٰی كَلِیْمِ اللهِ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ عِیْسٰی رُوْحِ اللهِ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَیِّدِ رُسُلِ اللهِ اَلسَّلَامُ یَا وَارِثَ عَلِیٍّ اَمِیْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَ خَیْرِ الْوَصِیِّیْنَ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا وَارِثَ الْحَسَنِ الرَّضِیِّ الطَّاهِرِ الرَّاضِی الْمَرْضِیِّ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ اَیُّهَا الصِّدِّیْقُ الْاَكْبَرُ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ اَیُّهَا الوَصِیُّ الْبَرُّ التَّقِیُّ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلَی الْاَرْوَاحِ الَّتِیْ حَلَّتْ بِفِنَآئِكَ وَ اَنَاخَتْ بِرَحْلِكَ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلَی الْمَلَآئِكَۃِ الْحَآفِّیْنَ بِكَ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ قَدْ اَقَمْتَ الصَّلٰوۃَ وَ اٰتَیْتَ الزَّكٰوۃَ وَ اَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ وَ نَهَیْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ جَاهَدْتَ الْمُلْحِدِیْنَ وَ عَبَدْتَ اللهَ حَتّٰی اَتٰیكَ الْیَقِیْنُ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ وَ رَحْمَۃُ اللهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهٗ۔
I said: May I be sacrificed for you, what are those words? He (a.s.) said:
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا حُجَّۃَ اللهِ فِیْ اَرْضِهٖ۔
After this go to the blessed grave. For each step you take you would be rewarded equal to that martyr who bathes in his blood in the path of Allah. When you reach near the grave, you stand up and put your hand on the grave and say:
