Shaykh Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Qummī · The Lamentation of the Owl on Ĥusain (a.s.)
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4 حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمِيثَمِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) يَا يَعْقُوبُ رَأَيْتَ بُومَةً بِالنَّهَارِ تَنَفَّسُ قَطُّ فَقَالَ لَا قَالَ وَ تَدْرِي لِمَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَا قَالَ لِأَنَّهَا تَظَلُّ يَوْمَهَا صَائِمَةً عَلَى مَا رَزَقَهَا اللَّهُ فَإِذَا جَنَّهَا اللَّيْلُ أَفْطَرَتْ عَلَى مَا رُزِقَتْ- ثُمَّ لَمْ تَزَلْ تَرَنَّمُ عَلَى الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّع حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ
4. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Mūsā ibn ‘Umar, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali Al-Maythami, (from Ya’qūb ibn Shu’ayb Al-Maythami), who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) asked, “O Ya’qūb! Have you ever seen an owl during the day?” I replied, “No.” Imam (a.s.) asked, “Do you know why that is?” I replied, “No.” Imam (a.s.) said, “It is because during the day, owls abstain from eating that with which Allāh has sustained them. At night, after breaking their fast with their sustenance, they keep chanting with grief over Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) until morning.”
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