Servants of Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him)

Introduction: [al-Kafi volume 2 page 180] Imam al-Baqir says: “O' Malik, you Shi’a do not see that you perform excess in our matter? [On the opposite], just like nothing can ever fully describe Allah’s status (thus you cannot perform excess).  Nothing can fully describe our status.." 6 -  علي   بن   إبراهيم،   عن   محمد   بن   عيسى،   عن   يونس،   عن   يحيى   الحلبي،   عن   مالك   الجهني   قال :  قال   أبو   جعفر  ( عليه   السلام ):  يا   مالك   أنتم شيعتنا  [ أ ]  لا   ترى   أنك   تفرط   في   أمرنا   إنه   لا   يقدر   على   صفة   الله   فكما   لا   يقدر   على   صفة   الله   كذلك   لا   يقدر   على   صفتنا   وكما   لا   يقدر   على صفتنا   Our Imams have been granted a high status by Allah. As such, their status isn't easil...

[Bihar al-Anwar volume 45 page 171] From al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar from Abi ‘Abdillah from His father from ‘Ali ibn al-Hussain, peace be upon them all: When al-Hussain, peace be upon him, was killed, a crow came and landed in his blood. Then it flew and fell on the wall in Madinah of the home of Fatima,  the daughter of Al-Hussain bin Ali, and she is al-Sughra. So she raised her head and saw it (the blood) and cried intensely and recited a poem saying: “The crow cried so I told it, Who are you wailing over? Woe to you O’ crow!  The crow said: (I wail over) the Imam,  So i told him, who? He said, the one who is guided to the right path, indeed al-Hussain is in Karbala between the sand and the horses, so I will weep over Hussain heavily seeking God and His Rewards, He, the crow said: He has settled in the sand…” Then the crow readied it’s wings to fly and he did not bear to give a clear answer to what happened to al-Hussain,  then I cried over what happened to me over the ...

Introduction: Crying over Imam al-Hussain on the day of ‘Ashura is more than merely a “good deed” and certainly its meaning is more than a few tears. Upon deeper analysis one realizes the importance of this day of ‘Ashura and these tears upon the Imam, for no doubt it is an event with a divine and esoteric reality, which we aim to briefly discuss in this article God willing.  1) Mourning the Walking Qurans A) Crying over the Silent Qur’an. “When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them,  they fell in prostration and weeping.” (19:58) Weeping over the recitation of the Revelation of God is considered a noble practice. To weep over it’s recitation is of the acts that increases one’s faith. To contrast, the Polytheists used to laugh at the verses of the Qur’an while Allah admonished them for this. “And you laugh and do not weep.” (53:60) [al-Kafi, vol 2, page 614] Imam al-Sadiq: “The Qur’an was revealed with sadness. So recite it with sadness.” 2 -  علي   بن...