The session is for Isma'il

مجلس اسماعيل است...

مجلس دوازدهم: مجلس اسماعيل است در وقتي كه گوسفندان خود را به شريعه فرات فرستاد پس شبانه او را خبر داد كه گوسفندان چند روز است آب نمي‌آشامند پس اسمعيل از خداوند سبب آنرا سؤال نمود، وحي رسيد كه از گوسفندان سؤال نما پس سؤال نمود كه شما را چه مي‌شود كه آب نمي‌آشاميد گفتند بزبان فصيح، بما رسيده است كه حسين (عليه‌السلام) سبط محمد (صلي الله عليه و آله) در اينجا كشته مي‌شود با لب تشنه پس ما آب نمي‌آشاميم بجهت حزن بر او. [615] .

The session is for Isma'il...

The twelfth gathering was that of Ismāʿīl (a.s.).

He once sent his sheep to drink from the waters of the Euphrates. Later, he was informed that for several days the sheep had not been drinking any water.

Ismāʿīl (a.s.) asked Allah about the reason for this. A revelation came to him:

“Ask the sheep.”

So he asked them:

“What has happened to you that you do not drink water?”

They replied in clear speech:

“It has reached us that Imam Husain (a.s.), the grandson of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), will be killed here while thirsty. Therefore, out of grief for him, we do not drink the water.”

[615]