Be it known to you that there are numerous traditions revealing the merits of visiting Imam al-Husayn (‘a) on the fifteenth of Sha’ban. As a sufficient merit, these narrations have been reported through several valid chains of authority from Imam Zayn al-’Abidin and Imam al-Sadiq as saying, “He who would like to be shaken hands by one hundred thousand and twenty-four prophets, may visit the tomb of Abu-’Abdullah al-Husayn on the fifteenth of Sha’ban, because the spirits of the prophets ask Almighty Allah to permit them to visit Imam al-Husayn’s tomb and the Almighty gives them permission. So, blessed be the one who shakes hands with these prophets among whom is the five constancy-endowed Messengers; namely, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace be upon them all.”
When the reporter asked the Imam (‘a) to explain the meaning of constancy-endowed, the Imam (‘a) answered, “These prophets were sent to the east and west of the globe and to both humankind and jinn.”
There are two forms of visiting the holy tomb of Imam al-Husayn (‘a) on the fifteenth of Sha’ban. The first form is the same as the one previously cited for ziyarah on the first of Rajab, and the second is as follows:
In his book of al-Balad al-Amin, Shaykh al-Kaf’ami has reported Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) as saying that one who visits Imam al-Husayn’s tomb on the fifteenth of Sha’ban may stop at the tomb and say the following words:
