Birth Anniversary of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (p) 1444 A.H.

The 3rd of Shaban marks the birth anniversary of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (p).

Imam Hussain (p) is reported to have said:
“There are seventy deeds for the greeting (i.e., saying ‘Assalam Alaykum), sixty-nine are given to the initiator and one is given to the responder.”
[Al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-Uqul, p.248]

:روي عن الإمام الحسين (ع)
“لِلسَّلامِ سَبعونَ حَسَنَةً تِسعَةٌ وَسِتّونَ لِلمُبتَدئِ وَواحِدَةٌ لِلرّادّ”
[الحرّاني، تحف العقول، ص ٢٤٨]

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