In his book of Nusus Ala Aimmatul Ithna Ashar, Shaykh Saduq (r) has narrated through his chains from Ibne Abbas that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say:
“There is an angel of Allah named Dardaeel. He is having sixteen thousand wings and the distance between each wing is equal to that of the distance between the earth and the sky. One day a thought came to the mind of this angel that was there anything greater than Almighty Allah? Almighty Allah gave him the same number of wings again and now he had thirty-two thousand wings. Then Almighty Allah ordered him to fly. So he continued to fly for fifty years but could not reach any end of the heavens. When he was tired, Almighty Allah told him: O angel, come back to your original place, Our greatness is effective on all great things and there is no one greater than Me, nor can I be related to a particular place. Then Almighty Allah confiscated his wings and expelled him from the rows of angels.
When Imam Husain (a) was born on a Thursday night Almighty Allah commanded the caretaker angel of Hell to extinguish the fire as a mark of celebrating the birth of the son of the Prophet and told the caretaker of Paradise to decorate Paradise. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime also asked the Houries of Paradise to embellish themselves for the occasion. He instructed the angels to stand in organized rows as a mark of respect and recite glorifications and divine praises.
Archangel Jibraeel was directed that a thousand delegations of angels, each consisting of a thousand angels mounted on horses having black and white marks and decorated with rubies and jewels, must go and congratulate the Prophet.
They must also be accompanied by angels, known as Ruhanis, holding trays of effulgence. Jibraeel was also told to inform the Prophet that the newborn should be named ‘Husain.’ He was also to tell the Prophet:
O Muhammad, the evil people of your community mounted on the worst vehicles would slay Husain. Thus woe be to the killer, woe be to one, who supports him and woe be to the one, who shows the path of evil. I am aloof from the killer of Husain and he is away from My mercy because no crime would be as dreadful as the killing of Husain till the Judgment Day.
On the Judgment Day Husain’s killer will enter Hell along with the polytheists. The Hell is eager to have the killer of Husain like the Paradise is desirous of righteous people.
Thus Jibraeel set out towards the earth but when he passed by Dardaeel he asked: O Jibraeel what matters have been decided with regard to the earth, tonight in the heavens? Is the doomsday near?
Jibraeel said: No, a child is born in the house of Muhammad and Almighty Allah has sent me to congratulate Muhammad on this occasion.
Dardaeel said: O Jibraeel when you go to Muhammad tell him to request the Almighty to forgive me for the sake of this newborn, restore my wings and allow me to rejoin the ranks of the angels.
Jibraeel came to the Messenger of Allah (s) and congratulated him as Almighty Allah had commanded. The Messenger of Allah (s) asked: would my people kill my son?
‘Yes,’ said Jibraeel.
‘They would not be from my community. I am immune from them. And Almighty Allah is aloof from them.
Jibraeel said: O Muhammad, I am also aloof from them.
After that the Holy Prophet (s) came to Lady Fatima and congratulated her and also informed her about the killing of Husain, she began to cry and said: Alas, if this child had not been born. May Allah send the killer of Husain to Hell.
The Prophet (s) said: O Fatima, I guarantee Hell for the killer of Husain. But your son will not be martyred till he does not father a son who would be an Imam from whose progeny would descend the rest of the guiding Imams.
Then he said: From the Imams is Ali the guide, then Hasan the guiding one, then Husain the helper, then Ali bin Husain, the helped one, then Muhammad bin Ali, the intercessor, then Ja’far bin Muhammad, the befitter, then Musa bin Ja’far, the trustworthy, then Ali bin Musa Reza, then Muhammad bin Ali, the doer, then Ali bin Muhammad, the giver of peace, then Hasan bin Ali, the scholar and then the Qaim, behind whom Isa (a) would pray.
On hearing this Lady Fatima stopped her lamentation. Then Jibraeel informed the Holy Prophet (s) about that angel and conveyed his request.
Ibne Abbas says that the Messenger of Allah (s) took up Imam Husain (a), who was wrapped in a cloth. Then gesturing to the heavens said: O Allah, for the sake of this newborn, rather for the sake of the right You have on his grandfather, Muhammad, and Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqub, if there is any status of Husain bin Ali and Fatima in Your view, please forgive Dardaeel, restore his wings and admit him to the ranks of the angels once more.
Allah, the Mighty and Sublime accepted the request of the Holy Prophet (s) and forgave the mistake of this angel. Thus the distinguishing feature of this angel in Paradise is that he is the slave of Husain bin Ali (a) and Fatima, daughter of the Messenger of Allah (s).”
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