Reward for Remembering Ahlul Bayt and Crying

Here are two SaHeeH hadeeth that talk about the great reward you will receive when you mention the Ahl Al-Bayt (عليهم السلام) in a gathering and if you cry.

Both hadeeth start off with similar chains in a way, and then go through different chains as it goes farther away from the Imaam (عليه السلام). Both chains of narrators go through thiqaat (pl. thiqah) narrators.

(Taken from my personal copy of Al-Sadooq’s Thawaab Al-`Amaal, pg. 223)

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ثواب من ذكر عنده أهل بيت النبي ع فخرج من عينه دمعة                                                

“Reward for whoever when mentioning the Ahl Al-Bayt of The Prophet (عليه السلام) a tear leaves his eyes”

 حدثني محمد بن الحسن عن محمد بن الحسن الصفار قال حدثني أحمد بن إسحاق بن سعيد عن بكر بن محمد الأزدي عن أبي عبد الله ع قال تجلسون و تتحدثون قال قلت جعلت فداك نعم قال إن تلك المجالس أحبها فأحيوا أمرنا إنه من ذكرنا أو ذكرنا عنده فخرج منه مثل جنح الذباب غفر الله له ذنوبه و لو كانت أكثر من زبد البحر

From Bakr bin Muhammad Al-Azdee from Abee `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) said: “Do you sit and speak (about us)?” He (the narrator) said, I said: “May I be sacrificed for you, Yes.” He (عليه السلام) said: “Verily, I love that Majaalis (gathering), and (and I love those who) keeps our affairs alive. Whoever mentions us, or when mentioning us a tear leaves from his eye like (the size) of a wing of a fly, Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى) will forgive his sins, even if they are more than the foam of the sea.”

Source:

1.     Al-Himyaree, Qurb Al-Isnaad, pg. 18

2.     Al-Sadooq, Thawaab Al-`Amaal wa `Iqaab Al-`Amaal, pg. 187

3.     Al-`Aamilee, Wasaa’il Al-Shee`ah, vol. 14, ch. 66, pg. 501, hadeeth # 19691

عنه عن يعقوب بن يزيد عن محمد بن أبي عمير عن بكر بن محمد عن فضيل بن يسار عن أبي عبد الله ع قال من ذكرنا عنده ففاضت عيناه و لو مثل جناح الذباب غفر الله ذنوبه و لو كانت مثل زبد البحر

From Abee `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) said: “Whoever when he mentions us (tears) flow from his eyes, even if it is like (the size) of a wing of a fly, Allaah (سبحانه و تعالى) will forgive his sins, even if they are like the foam of the sea”

Source:

1.     Al-Barqee, Al-MaHaasin, vol. 1, ch. 86, pg. 63, hadeeth # 110

2.     Al-`Aamilee, Wasaa’il Al-Shee`ah, vol. 14, ch. 66, pg. 501, hadeeth # 19690