“O Two Eyes, Pour Forth Tears”
و اما اطعام ايتام و مساكين، پس زيارت او به منزلهي آب دادن است به تشنگان اهل بيتش، و اطعام است به ايشان، و اما زيارت مؤمنين و اكرام ايشان، پس زيارت آن جناب زيارت سيد مؤمنين است، و موجب اكرام و تعظيم است.و اما قرضالحسنه، پس قرض دادن به مؤمن مضطر قرض دادن به خدا است، پس چگونه است قرض دادن به امام مؤمنين كه مضطر و غريب وطن بوده، و همه خلق از او گرفتند، حتي اينكه جسد شريفش را در بيابان انداختند، و كسي نزد او نميرفت، پس هر گاه تو قصد او نمائي و به زيارتش روي، البته قرض بزرگي است بر خدا، كه نميدانم ثوابش را چند برابر خواهد داد، كريمي كه وعده كرده است به كساني كه به او قرضالحسنه بدهند.و اما عيادت مريض كه اگر كسي آنرا ترك كند خداوند در محشر او را عتاب نمايد كه اي بندهي من چرا به عيادت من نيامدي در وقتي كه مريض شدم؟ [784] ، پس زيارت آن جناب چون تأمل كني عيادت است نه از براي بيمار به تب، يا دردسر، بلكه آن عيادت مجروح عطشان، و مكروب لهفان، بلكه عيادت مقطع الاعضاء، و مرضض الاعضاء است، چنانكه منقولست كه حضرت زهرا (عليهاالسلام) را در خواب ديدند كه به اين مضمون نوحه مينمود: اي دو چشم اشك بريزيد و جاري باشيد و خشك نشويد از براي ميتي كه در زمين كربلا سينهاش را خرد نمودند [785] ، پس چون به قصد زيارتش روي، قصد عيادتش نما كه به ثواب پرستاري مريض و عيادت فائز شوي.و اما تجهيز مؤمن به خصوص مؤمن غريب، كه تجهيز او فضيلتش بيمنتها است، پس زيارت آن جناب در حكم تشييع جنازه آن سرور است، و تغسيل و تكفين آن بدن مطهر [ صفحه 275] است، و دفن آن جسد انور در قلب خود به اعتبار توجه قلبي آن قبر شريف.و اما ادخال سرور در قلب مؤمنين كه از افضل اعمال است و سبب نجات از اهوال است [786] ، پس در فضل زيارت وارد است كه اگر ميدانست زائر، كه چه سروري داخل ميشود بر رسولخدا (صلي الله عليه و آله) و اميرالمؤمنين (عليهالسلام) و فاطمهي زهرا (عليهاالسلام) و ائمهي هدي و جميع شهداء و چه قدر در حق او دعا خواهند كرد، و چه ثوابها در دنيا و آخرت به جهت او مقرر ميشود، هر آينه دوست ميداشت كه هميشه خانهي خود را در آنجا قرار دهد، يا اينكه هرگز در خانهي خود نماند. [787] .
“O Two Eyes, Pour Forth Tears”
As for feeding orphans and the needy, then visiting him is like giving water to the thirsty members of his household and feeding them.
As for visiting believers and honoring them, then visiting that noble Imam is the visitation of the Master of the Believers and is a means of honoring and venerating him.
As for giving a good loan (Qarḍ al-Ḥasanah), a loan given to a needy believer is considered a loan given to Allah. Then what can be said about lending to the Imam of the believers, who was distressed and far from his homeland, and from whom everything was taken, to the extent that his noble body was left in the desert and no one came to him?
Therefore, when you set out toward him and go to visit him, it is indeed a great loan upon Allah, and I do not know how many times He will multiply its reward—He, the Most Generous, who has promised reward to those who give Him a good loan.
As for visiting the sick, if a person neglects it, Allah will reproach him on the Day of Resurrection, saying:
“Why did you not visit Me when I was sick?” [784]
Then, if you reflect carefully, visiting that noble Imam is a visitation—not of one suffering from fever or a headache—but rather the visitation of a wounded, thirsty one, a grief-stricken and distressed one; rather, it is the visitation of one whose limbs were cut apart and whose body was crushed.
It is narrated that Lady Fāṭimah (ʿalayhā al-salām) was seen in a dream lamenting with words to this effect:
“O two eyes, pour forth tears and continue flowing; do not dry up for the one whose chest was crushed upon the land of Karbalā.” [785]
Therefore, when you go intending to visit him, intend it as a visit to a suffering patient, so that you may attain the reward of caring for and visiting the sick.
As for preparing a believer for burial, especially a believer who is a stranger, the virtue of doing so is beyond measure. Therefore, visiting that noble Imam is like accompanying his funeral procession, washing and shrouding that pure body, and burying that radiant body within your heart through your heartfelt attention to his sacred grave.
As for bringing joy to the heart of a believer—which is among the greatest acts and a cause of salvation from terrors [786]—it has been narrated concerning the virtue of visitation that if the visitor knew how much joy enters the hearts of the Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi), Amīr al-Muʾminīn (ʿalayhi al-salām), Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ (ʿalayhā al-salām), the Imams of Guidance, and all the martyrs; and if he knew how much they would pray for him and what rewards have been prepared for him in this world and the next, he would wish that his home were always there, or that he would never return to remain in his own home. [787]
[ صفحه 275]