سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ صَوْمِ تَاسُوعَاءَ وَ عَاشُورَاءَ مِنْ شَهْرِ الْمُحَرَّمِ فَقَالَ تَاسُوعَاءُ يَوْمٌ حُوصِرَ فِيهِ الْحُسَيْنُ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَصْحَابُهُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ بِكَرْبَلَاءَ وَ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ خَيْلُ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَ أَنَاخُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ فَرِحَ ابْنُ مَرْجَانَةَ وَ عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ بِتَوَافُرِ الْخَيْلِ وَ كَثْرَتِهَا وَ اسْتَضْعَفُوا فِيهِ الْحُسَيْنَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ أَيْقَنُوا أَنْ لَا يَأْتِيَ الْحُسَيْنَ ( عليه السلام ) نَاصِرٌ وَ لَا يُمِدَّهُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ بِأَبِي الْمُسْتَضْعَفُ الْغَرِيبُ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ أَمَّا يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ فَيَوْمٌ أُصِيبَ فِيهِ الْحُسَيْنُ ( عليه السلام ) صَرِيعاً بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ صَرْعَى حَوْلَهُ عُرَاةً أَ فَصَوْمٌ يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ كَلَّا وَ رَبِّ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ مَا هُوَ يَوْمَ صَوْمٍ وَ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا يَوْمُ حُزْنٍ وَ مُصِيبَةٍ دَخَلَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ جَمِيعِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ يَوْمُ فَرَحٍ وَ سُرُورٍ لِابْنِ مَرْجَانَةَ وَ آلِ زِيَادٍ وَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِ جَمِيعُ بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ خَلَا بُقْعَةِ الشَّامِ فَمَنْ صَامَهُ أَوْ تَبَرَّكَ بِهِ حَشَرَهُ اللَّهُ مَعَ آلِ زِيَادٍ مَمْسُوخُ الْقَلْبِ مَسْخُوطٌ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنِ ادَّخَرَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ ذَخِيرَةً أَعْقَبَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نِفَاقاً فِي قَلْبِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يَلْقَاهُ وَ انْتَزَعَ الْبَرَكَةَ عَنْهُ وَ عَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ وُلْدِهِ وَ شَارَكَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ .
Translation
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Aban, from Abdul Malik who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the Fast of ‘Tasua’ (9<sup>th</sup> Muharram), and Ashura (10<sup>th</sup> Muharram) from the month of Muharram. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Tasua is a day in which Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> and his<sup>asws</sup> companions, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with them, were surrounded in Kerbala, and the cavalries of the people of Syria were gathered against him<sup>asws</sup>, and inflicted injuries upon him<sup>asws</sup>; and Ibn Marjana and Umar Bin Sa’ad were joyful due to the large numbers of the cavalries and its abundance, and Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> and his<sup>asws</sup> companions, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with them, were weakened during it, and they were convinced that no helper would be coming to Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> nor would the people of Al-Iraq support him<sup>asws</sup>. By my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup>, the oppressed, the alienated. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And as for the day of Ashura, so it is a day in which Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> was injured to bits between his<sup>asws</sup> companions, and his<sup>asws</sup> companions were injured to bits around him<sup>asws</sup>, stripped. So, can a Fast happen to be during that day? Never! By the Lord<sup>azwj</sup> of the Sacred House, it is not a day of Fasting, and it is not except for a day of grief, and the difficulties enter upon the inhabitants of the sky and the inhabitants of the earth, and the entirety of the Believers. And, it is a day of happiness and joy for Ibn Marjana and the progeny of Ziyad, and the people of Syria. May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Wrathful upon them and upon their offspring. And, that is a day in which the entirety of the spots of the earth wailed upon him<sup>asws</sup> except for the spot of Syria. So the one who Fasts, or (believes to be) fortunate by it, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Resurrect him with the progeny of Ziyad, morphed of the heart, Angered upon; and the one who hoards provisions in his house, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Exalted would Cause his end result for hypocrisy to be in his heart up to the day he meets Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and Snatch away the Blessings from him, and from the people of his household, and his children, and the Satan<sup>la</sup> would be his participant in the entirety of that’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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