Sharjeel bin Abi Aun says that when Imam Husain (a) was born, an angel descended from the High Firdos to the Great Sea and he called out towards the earth and the sky:
O people, put on the dress of mourning and express grief because the son of Muhammad is born, who would be slain oppressively.
Then the angel came to the Holy Prophet (s) and said: O beloved of God, some members of your Ahle Bayt (a) would be slain on this earth by the rebellious and tyrannical people of your nation. They would slay your son Husain bin Fatima Zahra (s) in the land of Kerbala and this dust of Kerbala is present with me.
Then he gave a handful of the dust of Kerbala to the Prophet and said:
Keep this dust with you in a safe place and the day when it turns blood red you should know that your son is slain.
Then the angel dropped some of that dust on his wings. All the angels of the heavens smelled this dust and sought auspiciousness from it.
The narrator says that when that dust came on the palm of Messenger of Allah (s), he smelled it and began to weep; then he said:
O Husain! May God kill your killer and cast him into the fire of Hell. O God, keep the killer of Husain deprived of blessings and cast him into the fire of Hell, which is the most terrible abode.
After that the Prophet kept that dust in the custody of his wife, Umme Salma (r) and also informed her about the martyrdom of Imam Husain (a):
Keep this dust safe with you but keep watching it after my passing away. When it turns into blood, you should conclude that Husain is martyred in the desert of Kerbala.
One year after the birth of Imam Husain (a) twelve thousand angels visited Messenger of Allah (s). Their faces were red and they were weeping. Spreading out their wings, they said:
O Messenger of Allah (s), what befell Habil, son of Adam would befall your son, Husain as well.
Then every angel of the heavens came to the Prophet and offered him condolence for Imam Husain (a). They informed the Prophet how much Almighty Allah would bestow him His proximity, reward and recompense after the martyrdom; and what reward God would give to the visitors of his grave and those who cry in his grief.
The Holy Prophet (s) used to hear these reports from the angels and weep and say while crying:
O God, abandon without any helpers one, who abandons Husain without any helpers; and slay whoever slays and destroy his material desires and in the end cast him into Hell.
Muntakhab Tarihi, Pg. 62-63; Maqtal Khwarizmi, Vol. 1, Pg. 162- 163., Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s.) – (Vol. 2)pg.111
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