حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخُوهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ صَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ وَ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ عَنْ صَوْمِ ابْنِ مَرْجَانَةَ تَسْأَلُنِي ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ صَامَهُ الْأَدْعِيَاءُ مِنْ آلِ زِيَادٍ لِقَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ يَوْمٌ يَتَشَأَّمُ بِهِ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ يَتَشَأَّمُ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي يَتَشَأَّمُ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يُصَامُ وَ لَا يُتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ وَ يَوْمُ الْإِثْنَيْنِ يَوْمُ نَحْسٌ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهِ نَبِيَّهُ وَ مَا أُصِيبَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَّا فِي يَوْمِ الْإِثْنَيْنِ فَتَشَأَّمْنَا بِهِ وَ تَبَرَّكَ بِهِ عَدُوُّنَا وَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ تَبَرَّكَ بِهِ ابْنُ مَرْجَانَةَ وَ تَشَأَّمَ بِهِ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَنْ صَامَهُمَا أَوْ تَبَرَّكَ بِهِمَا لَقِيَ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مَمْسُوخَ الْقَلْبِ وَ كَانَ حَشْرُهُ مَعَ الَّذِينَ سَنُّوا صَوْمَهُمَا وَ التَّبَرُّكَ بِهِمَا .
Translation
From him, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd who said, ‘Ja’far Bin Isa narrated to me from his brother who said, ‘I asked (Imam) Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> about Fasting Ashura (10<sup>th</sup> Muharram) and what the people are saying with regards to it. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is the Fast of Ibn Marjana you are asking me<sup>asws</sup> about. That is a day the pretenders from the Progeny of Ziyad Fasted in, due to the killing of Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, and it is a day which the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> see it as an evil omen (a grievous/tragic day), and the people of Al-Islam see it as an evil omen. And the day which the people of Al-Islam see it as an evil omen can neither be Fasted nor can it be a blissful one. And the day of Wednesday is an inauspicious day. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Caused His<sup>azwj</sup> Prophet<sup>saww</sup> to pass away during it, and the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> was not afflicted with except during the day of Wednesday. Thus, we<sup>asws</sup> see it as an evil omen, and our<sup>asws</sup> enemies take it to be blissful/rewarding by it. And, the day of Ashura, Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> was killed, and Ibn Marjana was pleased with it, and the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> see it as a day of tragedy. Therefore, the one who Fasts it, or sees it to be blessed by it, would meet Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High with a morphed heart, and his Resurrection would be with those who made a sunnah of Fasting it and the seekers of the Blessings by it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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