٥ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْمَكْفُوفِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فَقَالَ لِي أَنْشِدْنِي فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَا كَمَا تُنْشِدُونَ وَ كَمَا تَرْثِيهِ عِنْدَ قَبْرِهِ قَالَ فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ امْرُرْ عَلَى جَدَثِ الْحُسَيْنِ * * * فَقُلْ لِأَعْظُمِهِ الزَّكِيَّةِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَكَى أَمْسَكْتُ أَنَا فَقَالَ مُرَّ فَمَرَرْتُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي قَالَ فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ- يَا مَرْيَمُ قُومِي فَانْدُبِي مَوْلَاكِ * * * وَ عَلَى الْحُسَيْنِ فَأَسْعِدِي بِبُكَاكِ - قَالَ فَبَكَى وَ تَهَايَجَ النِّسَاءُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ سَكَتْنَ قَالَ لِي يَا بَا هَارُونَ مَنْ أَنْشَدَ فِي الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَأَبْكَى عَشَرَةً فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَنْقُصُ وَاحِداً وَاحِداً حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْوَاحِدَ- فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْشَدَ فِي الْحُسَيْنِ فَأَبْكَى وَاحِداً فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ ذَكَرَهُ فَبَكَى فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
5. Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan narrated to me from Muĥammad ibn Ĥasan Al-Šaffār, from Muĥammad ibn Ĥusain, from Muĥammad ibn Ismā’ǐl, from Šāliĥ ibn ‘Uqbah, from Abǐ Hārūn Al-Makfūf, who said: I went to Abǐ ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šādiq ) and he asked me to recite a poem (about Ĥusain ) for him. I started to recite a poem (without any intonation). So he (stopped me and) said, “No. Recite the way you usually recite (with intonation) and the way you recite eulogies by his grave.” I started to recite the poem (which begins with): “Pass by the grave of Ĥusain and say to his purified bones…” The Imam  started to cry so I stopped. However, the Imam  said to me, “Pass by (referring to the previous line of poetry, instructing me to continue).” After I finished reciting (this poem), Imam  said, “Read more! Read more!” So I started reciting the following poem: O Maryam! Start the lamentation over your master, Ĥusain , and shed abundant tears over him. When I read this verse, the Imam  cried and the women (in his house) also cried and became restless. After the women calmed down, the Imam  said to me: O Abā Hārūn! Anyone who recites a poem about Ĥusain  and makes ten people cry will be rewarded with Paradise. Then he kept reducing the number from ten (people) one by one until he reached one (person) and said: Anyone who recites a poem about Ĥusain  and makes one person cry will be rewarded with Paradise. He (the Imam ) added, “Anyone who remembers Ĥusain  and cries will be rewarded with Paradise.”