Kamiluz
Ziarat Chapter 108 Tradition no. 2
I accompanied Imam Sadiq (a.s.) from Medina to Mecca. On our
journey, we stopped in an area called Usfan and passed by a black, frightening mountain to the
left of the road.
I
said, “O son of Allah’s Messenger! How frightening this mountain is! I have
never seen anything like this on our route.”
Imam (a.s.) asked, “Ibne Bukair! Do you know which mountain it is?”
I replied, “No.”
Imam
(a.s.) said: This is a mountain called Kamad and it overlooks a valley of Hell,
which contains the killers of my father, Husain (a.s.). Liquids of Hell flow
under the killers of my father (in this valley). These liquids include Ghislin,
Sadid, Hamim that which emerges from the Putrid Well, that which comes out from
the clay of Khabal (pus), that which comes out from Jahannam, that which comes
out from Hutamah, that which comes out from Saqar, that which comes out from Hamim,
that which comes out from Hawiya and that which comes out from Sa’ir.
Every
time I pass by this mountain on my journey, I stop and see those Two seeking
refuge with me and I look at the killers of my ancestors (a.s.) and I say to
them: “Indeed you established the foundations of that which the killers of
Husain (a.s.) did. You showed us no mercy at the time of reign. You killed us,
denied and usurped our rights and tyrannized our affairs by deposing us. May
Allah not have mercy on those who have mercy on you two. Now taste the evil
result of that which you brought forth, because Allah is not unjust to any of
His servants.”
Sometimes I climb the mountain of Kamad, which is where those two
are located and I stand there to soothe some of that which is in my heart and
the second one begs and succumbs to despair more intensely.
I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you! What do you hear when you
climb this mountain?” Imam (a.s.) replied: I hear the voices of those two. They
call out, “Come to us so that we can talk, indeed we repent.” And (then) I hear
a call from the mountains which cries out, “Answer them and tell them, ‘Remain
condemned in it and speak not to me’ (23:108).” I asked, “May I be
sacrificed on you! Who else is with them?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Every tyrant
Firon, whose actions Allah has mentioned (in the Quran) and everyone who taught
disbelief to the servants of Allah.”
I asked, “Who are they?” Imam (a.s.) replied: The likes of Bulis,
who taught the Jews that “…the hand of Allah is tied up!” (5:64); the
likes of Nastur who taught the Christians that Isa …”Al-Masih is the son of
Allah” (9:30) and who told them that they are three; the likes of Firon (at the time) of Musa who said, “I am your lord, the most high,” (79:24);
and the likes of Namrud who said, “I have overpowered everyone on earth and
I have killed those in the heavens”; and the killer of Amirul Momineen
(a.s.), the killer of Fatima and Mohsin (a.s.) and the killers of Hasan and
Husain (a.s.); and also Muawiyah and Amr Ibne Aas, who have no hope of being
saved and anyone who incited animosity against us and helped (our enemies) with
his tongue, wealth or hand against us will also be with them. I asked, “May I
be sacrificed on you! You hear all of this and you are not frightened?” Imam
(a.s.) replied: O son of Bukair! Our hearts are not like the hearts of the people. We are Allah’s obedient, purified
and chosen servants. We see that which people do not see and we hear that which
people don’t hear. The angels come down to us (while we are traveling) on our
conveyances. They roll in our beds. They witness us
when
we eat, they attend out funerals and they bring the news of that which will
take place in the future to us. They pray with us, they pray for us, they place
their wings over us and our children roll over their wings. They prevent the
animals from coming near us. They bring various types of seasonal fruits for us
from different lands and water from every land for us, which we find in our
jugs. There is not any day or hour or prayer time when the angels are not
prepared (to serve us). The news of every land and that which takes place in
it, the news of the Jinn and the news of all angels in the heavens are brought
to us every night. Whenever an angel dies in any land and is replaced with
another angel, we are informed of it and we are informed about the performance
of this angel in comparison to the angel he replaced. The news of all the six
earths all the way to the seventh earth is brought to us (at all times). I
asked, “May I be sacrificed on you! Where does this mountain end?” Imam (a.s.)
replied, “In the seventh earth and Hell is located in one of its valleys. There
are many keepers who guard this valley. Their number is greater than the number
of stars in the sky, drops of rain, creation in the seas and the grains of soil in the earth. Every one of these keepers from among
the angels has a dedicated duty, which he carries out and never abandons it.” I
asked, “May I be sacrificed on you! The angels report to all of you?” Imam
(a.s.) said: No, they only report to the Master of Affair (the Imam of the time). Indeed we are the masters of affairs
over which none of the servants of Allah can rule. Whenever someone does not
accept our ruling (about these specific matters), the angels force him to
(carry out) our will and order the keepers who are dedicated to him, to force
him to (carry out) our will. And if they are among the disbelieving Jinn, the
angels put shackles around them and torture them until they submit to our
ruling in those matters.
I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you! Can the Imam see everything
from the east to west?” Imam (a.s.) replied: O son of Bukair! How can he be the Proof of
Allah over the entire earth without seeing and ruling everyone? And how can he
be the Proof over people who are not
in
his presence, who cannot reach him and over whom he has no power?
How can he convey Allah’s message and act as Allah’s witness over
the creation if he cannot see them? How can he be the Proof on the people if he
is hidden from them while he has been appointed as the medium between the servants
and Allah, so that he carries the orders
of
his Lord to them? Allah says, “We have not sent you but to all of mankind” (34:28).
This verse refers to everything on earth (not only mankind). The Proof after
Allah’s Messenger fills
the
post of Allah’s Messenger after him. He is the judge in that which the nation
disagrees about, the one who gives people their rights, the one who carries out
the orders of Allah and he is the one who justly rules between the people.
And
how can the (following) words of Allah be fulfilled if the Imam is not among
the people? Allah says, “Soon We shall show Our signs to them in the
horizons and within themselves” (41:53). And which sign other than us did
Allah show to the people in the horizons?
Allah
says, “And We did not show them any sign but it was greater than the other” (43:48).
Which sign is greater than us? By Allah, Bani Hashim and Quraish
know well that which Allah has bestowed upon us, but jealousy destroyed them,
just as it destroyed Iblis. Indeed they come to us when they are in distress
and when they are in fear and they ask us (questions), we clarify their
questions for them. Then they say to us, “We bear witness that you are the
people of
knowledge.”
Then they leave us and say, “We have not seen anyone more astray than those who
follow them (Ahle Bayt) and accept their words.” I asked, “May I be sacrificed
on you! If the grave of Imam Husain (a.s.) was to be disinterred, would
anything be found in it?” Imam (a.s.) replied: O son of Bukair! Your questions
are (always) about the great matters. Indeed Husain (a.s.) along with his
father, mother and his brother, Hasan (a.s.), are with Allah’s Messenger in his
house and they are being rewarded and sustained, (just) as the Prophet is. If
his grave would have been disinterred during his time, he would have been found
there. But today he is alive and sustained and he is with his Lords. He looks
at his camp (in Kerbala) and he also looks at the Throne until the time when it
is ordered to carry him.
Indeed Husain (a.s.) is hanging on to the right side of the Throne
and says, “O my Lord! Fulfill Your promise to me.” Indeed he looks at those who
go to his Ziyarat and he knows them; he knows the names of their fathers, their
ranks and their positions with Allah and that which they carry along with them
even better than you know your own sons. Indeed Husain (a.s.) looks at those
who cry over him and he seeks forgiveness for them as an act of mercy and he
asks
his father to seek forgiveness for them.
And he says to them, “O those who cry over me! If you knew that
which has been prepared for you, your happiness would be greater than your
restlessness.” Imam (a.s.) continued, “Indeed all of the angels in the heavens
and in the holy shrine who hear those who cry on Husain (a.s.) seek forgiveness
for them and they (the visitors) will return without any sin.”
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