1672 — Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd narrated to us, saying: ‘Abbād ibn Ya‘qūb al-Rawājīnī narrated to us, saying: Abū Ziyād al-Fuqaymī informed us, from Abū Janāb al-Kalbī, who said:

“When al-Husayn ibn ‘Alī, may Allah be pleased with them both, was killed, the plasterers would go out to the open ground and hear the jinn lamenting, saying:

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The Messenger stroked his brow,
and radiance shone upon his cheeks.
His parents were of Quraysh’s noblest line;
his grandfather, the best of grandsires.”

May Allah be pleased with him.

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, may Allah have mercy on him, said: A report has reached me whose chain of transmission I cannot presently recall: A group of people were traveling and stopped at a resting place. While they were eating lunch, a hand appeared before them, upon which was written:

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“Can a nation that killed Husayn still hope
for his grandfather’s intercession on the Day of Reckoning?”