٣ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ أَخِي وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ غَيْرُهُمْ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ زِيَارَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَزُرْهُ وَ أَنْتَ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ مَكْرُوبٌ شَعِثاً مُغْبَرّاً جَائِعاً عَطْشَاناً فَإِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ قُتِلَ حَزِيناً مَكْرُوباً شَعِثاً مُغْبَرّاً جَائِعاً عَطْشَاناً- وَ سَلْهُ الْحَوَائِجَ وَ انْصَرِفْ عَنْهُ وَ لَا تَتَّخِذْهُ وَطَناً
3. My father, my brother, ‘Ali ibn Ĥusain, and others all narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abǐ Khalaf, from Aĥmad ibn Muĥammad ibn ‘Isā Al-Ash’ari, from ‘Ali ibn Ĥakam, from some of our companions, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šādiq ) said: When you want to go to the Ziyārah of Ĥusain , go to his Ziyārah while you are saddened, anguished, grief-stricken, disheveled, covered with dust, hungry, and thirsty, for verily Ĥusain  was killed while he was saddened, anguished, disheveled, covered with dust, hungry, and thirsty. (After you perform your Ziyārah), ask him for your needs and then leave. Do not settle in Karbalā.