Curse from Shia Point of View

Cursing AbuBakr And Umar:-

1) Hanan Ibn Sadir narrated:

I asked Imam al-Baqir (AS) about these two (That is Umar and AbuBakr). He(AS) replied: "O Aba al-Fadhl! Do not ask me about them for, by Allah, non among us (Ahlul-Bayt) would die except that he is displeased with those two. No day passes to us except that we are angry with them. Indeed, they oppressed

us and denied our rights and they were the first and foremost people who imposed themselves over us and opened the stream of injustice against us that does not stop until our Qa'im rises... By Allah! No affliction was set up against us and no trouble faced us Ahlul-Bayt except that those two founded its root. Thus upon those two 'are the curse of Allah and the angels and people all (2:161).'"

Ref :  Al-Kafi, v8, p245, Hadith No 340

         Bihar al-Anwar, v30, p269, Hadith No 138

         Ta'wil al-Ayat al-Dhahira, p128, Hadith No 4

2) Allah(swt) said in Holy Quran:

That they carry, on the Day of Judgment, their own burdens in full, and also of the burdens of people whom they misled without knowledge. Alas, how grievous the burdens they will bear! (16:25).

On the commentary of the above verse, Ali Ibn Ibrahim mentioned in his Tafsir:

Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS)  said: "By Allah! There shall be no bloodshed, no clash, no rape, and no illegitimate confiscation of property except that its burden is on neck of those two without anything decreases from the burdens of the (people of) worlds."

Ref :  Tafsir Ali Ibn Ibrahim al-Qummi, Vol 1, Pg 383, under Verse 16:25

           Bihar al-Anwar, Vol 30, Pg 149, Hadith No 4 

3) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

Allah will not accept the belief of anyone who does not accept the wilayat of Hazrat Ali(as) and  one who does not dissociate  from his enemies.

Ref : Biharul  Anwar  V26 Pg 229 H No 10.

4) Holy Prophet(SAWA):

I have cursed 7 types of people . Out of them one is that person who has harassed my Progeny(AhlulBayt).

Ref : Khisaal.

5) Abu Hamza  Tsumali asked Imam Mohd Baqir(AS) : What  is the recognition of Allah?

Imam(AS) replied : To believe in Allah and his Prophet and to love Hazrat Ali(AS) and being aloof from their enemies is the recognition of Allah.

Ref : Biharul Anwar V 27 Pg 57 H 16.   

6) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

All the angels daily seek nearness to Allah(swt) through our wilayat and seek forgiveness for our lover and curse our enemies.

Ref :Basaerud Darajat Pg 68.

Note: It means cursing the enemies of Ahlulbayt is a means of nearness to Allah(swt) and the one who does not curse the enemy will be away from Allah(swt).

7) Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS) :

It is incumbent upon Allah that anyone who has love for the rivals(opponents) of Hazrat Ali(AS) even equal to the grain of a mustard , He will not allow them to go to heaven “.

Ref : Tafseere Noorus Saqlain Vol 1 Pg 585.

8) Imam Mohd Baqir (AS) : If anyone want to know whether he love us or not , he should check his heart . If he has the love of our enemies along with our love then he is not from us and we are not from him.

Ref :    Al Qatrah min Bihar V 1 Pg 47

Biharul Anwar Vol 1 Pg 47.

9) Imam Mohammad Baqir(AS) :

Wilayat and Love of Allah(swt) is not acquired except by being enemy of many people(who are the enemy of Allah and Ahlebayt(AS) ) .

Ref : Mohabbat  Pg 361.

10) Imam Ali(AS) said :

 If  you want someone to make friend then first see who are his enemies .

Ref : Mohabbat Pg 133.

11)Hazrat  Imam Reza(AS) :

There  are some people who are more dangerous to our shia than the Dajjal .

Narrator asked : who are these people?

Imam(AS) : Those people who love our enemies and hate our lover .

Ref : Sifat-ush-Shia Pg 50 H 14.

12) Imam Ali(AS) :

Anyone who love our enemy is our killer.

Ref : Tafseere Furat  Pg 39.

13) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

On the day of Qayamat, it will be asked where are the opponents of Aale Mohd(SAWA) who caused them harm and oppressed them. Some people would stand up on hearing this. There would be no flesh on their face and they would accept that they were the enemy of Ahlebayt(AS) and that they had oppressed them. Allah would order to throw them in hell.

14) Imam Mohd Baqir(AS)

The foundation of the religion is the love of Ahlulbayt(AS) and the love of their lover and  dissociating from their enemies  is included  in their obedience.

Ref :    Usool e Kafi  V 2 Pg 18

15) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS):

Holy Prophet(SAWA) asked his companion : Which is the strongest rope of religion which can be the cause of the deliverance of people and can make them able to achieve eternal blessing ?

Some people said namaz is the strongest rope , other said Fast, some other said zakat, similarly some said Haj, Umrah , Jehad etc.

Holy Prophet(SAWA) said : Whatever all of you have said are having reward but these all actions cannot become the strongest rope for the belief(Iman) until the foundation of the belief is laid on the love of Allah and his messenger  and dissociating from the enemies of Allah and his messenger.

Ref : Usoole Kafi V 2 Pg 125 Kitan Iman wa kufr Ch Hubbo fillah Bugzo fillah  H 6

16) Hazrat Imam Reza(AS) :

“Those people who oppress Mohd(SAWA) and his progeny , it is obligatory to dissociate  from them . It is obligatory that one should hate Nakeseen, Faseqeen and Mareqeen which means those people who fought with Imam Ali(AS) in  the battle of Jamal on behalf of Aisha and  in the battle of Siffeen  on behalf of  Muawiya and should also hate the Kharejee of  Nahrwan  and those people who rejected the wilayat of Hazrat Ali (AS) and contrary to this it is also necessary(obligatory)  to love those people who followed Hazrat Ali(AS) like Hazrat Salman, Abuzar, Miqdad, Ammar-e-Yasir,Abu Ayyub Ansari,Khuzaima bin Sabit , Abu Saeed Khudri etc.

Ref : Uyoone-e Akhbare Reza  Pg 268.

17) Hazrat Imam Reza(AS):

One who want  to meet Allah(swt) with faith  then he should love the progeny of Mohd(SAWA) and should dissociate from their enemies.

Ref : Usool-e-Kafi  V 2 Pg 136.  

18)Holy Prophet (SAWA) :-

May Allah curse the woman who imitate men and men who imitate woman.

Ref :    Al Kafi V 5 Pg 550

Wasaelush shia by HurreAmeli  V 17 Pg 284.

Mustadrakul Wasael V 3 Pg 246.

18) Holy Prophet(SAWA)  : Allah’s curse be on wine and its drinker and on one who squeezes it , presses it and sell it or bear it or eat its price(by selling it) .

Ref : Al Kafi  V 6 Pg 398.

19) Holy Prophet(SAWA)  : Allah has cursed the one who give usury.

Ref : Man La Yahzarul Faqih  V 3 Pg  174.

20) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS):

Allah has cursed the Qadriya , Khawarij , Murje’ah.

Ref : Al Kafi V 2 Pg 409 Kitab Iman wa kufr  .

21) Imam Reza(AS) :

Peace be on Friends of Allah. Curse of Allah be on enemies of progeny of Mohd(SAWA) from Jinn and man and I  hate all of them.

Ref : Al Kafi V 4 Pg 579.

22) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) said  regarding Ayat Surah Isra: 60

“Shajare Mal’oona( The accursed Tree)  in this Ayat means  Bani Umayya”.

Ref : Tafseere Ayyashi  Vol 2 Pg 297.

Note : Allah has cursed Bani Umayya in the Holy Quran.

23) Holy Prophet(SAWA) said regarding Ayat Surah Isra: 60

Shajare Mal’oona( The accursed Tree)  in this Ayat means  Bani Umayya .

Ref : Tafseere Safi by Faize Kashani V 2 Pg 360.

24) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

That person is a liar who says that he is our lover but does not remain aloof from our enemies.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  Vol 27 Pg 58 H 18.

25) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

Imam Mahdi(AS) will invite people towards Holy Quran ,Sunnat of Holy Prophet(SAWA), wilayat of Hazrat Ali(AS) and towards dissociating from their enemies.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  Vol  52 Pg 343, 342.

26) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

One who doubts regarding the disbelief of our enemies and of those who oppressed us  is himself a disbeliever.

Ref : Wasael ush Shia Vol 18 Pg 561.

27) Sk Kulaini and Sk Tusi has narrated from authentic sources that:

Imam Sadiq(AS) used to curse Abubakr, Umar, Usman , Muawiya ,Aisha,, Hafsa and Hind , mother of Hakam and Ummul Hakam , sister of Muawiya.

28) The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) said:

“Blessed be those who are fortunate to live in the time of Qaim of my Ahle Bayt. Those who will believe in him during his occultation and before his advent who will love his friends and remain aloof from his enemies. Such people will be my closest ones and my friends on the Day of Judgment.”

Reference :- Kamaluddin Vol 1 Ch 25 H No 2

29) Holy Prophet(SAWA) said:

“Glad tidings for those who live till the time of the Qaim of my Ahle Bayt and follow him before his advent. Those who, during his occultation, have faith in him and the Imams preceding him and will be aloof from their enemies for the sake of Allah, they shall be my friends and the most honorable persons of my Ummah.”

Reference :-  Kamaluddin Vol 1 Ch 25 H No 3.

30) Hazrat Imam Moosa ibn Jafar al-Kadhim(AS) said in reply to a question of Yunus ibn Abdur Rehman who had asked Imam whether he was Qaem:

"Yes, I am Qaem, but not that Qaem who will fill the earth with justice. He will be my fifth son, may my life be sacrificed for him. For a long time he will be in occultation … Glad Tidings for my those Shias who in his occultation will be stead­ fast on him and will be having enmity from his enemies, They are from us and we are from them. They are satisfied with our Imamat and we are satisfied from their being Shia. Then glad tidings for them, By Allah they will be with us in Paradise."

Ref  :-   Bihar ul Anwar, Vol.51, Pg. 151. 
              Isbatul Huda, Vol. 6, Pg. 471.
              Kamaluddin Ch 34 H 5

31) Holy Prophet(SAWA) said:- “Congratulations to the person who meets the Qa’im [one who will rise] from my Ahlul Bayt and has firm belief in him before his advent. He will have love for his friends, and will distance himself from his enemies and will have love for the leaders of guidance (the Imams) who came before him.  Indeed these are my true friends, those whom I have love and affection for and (they) are the noblest of people from my nation.”

 Ref :-  Biharul Anwar, Volume 52, Page 129.

32) Holy Prophet(SAWA) : Oh Abdullah! Love for Allah and bear enmity for the sake of Allah and love and enmity should be in the way of Allah since wilayat of Allah will not be achieved except by this way .No one can taste the iman(faith) howsoever  much he prays or fast except that he become like this .

Ref :    Biharul Anwar  V 69 Pg 236 H 1

Elalush Sharae

Uyoone Akhbare Reza

Amali Saduq .

33) A person asked Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS)  whether Love (for Allah) and hate (for Allah) is a part of belief ?.

Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS) replied : Whether Belief is other than Love and hate ( for the sake of Allah)?.

Ref: Kafi V 2 Pg 125 Kitab Iman wa Kufr  Ch Hubbo fillah wa Bugzo fillah  H 5

34) Imam  Jafar Sadiq(AS) :

Anyone whose  love or hate(with the people)  is not based on religion has no religion at all.

Ref: Kafi V 2 Pg 127 Kitab Iman wa Kufr  Ch Hubbo fillah wa Bugzo fillah  H 16

35) A person asked Holy Prophet(sawa) : How can we understand that our love and enmity is for the sake of Allah? Who is the beloved one of Allah so that we can love him? and who is the enemy of Allah so that we can hate him?. Holy Prophet(SAWA) pointed his finger towards  Hazrat Ali(AS) and said : Lover of Amirul momineen is the lover of Allah ,therefore love him . His enemy is the enemy of Allah , therefore be the enemy of his enemy. Be the friend of the lover of Hazrat Ali(AS) though he may the killer of your father and your sons  and be the enemy of his enemy though he may your father or your son.

Ref :    BA V 69 Pg 236 H 1

Elalush Sharae

Uyoone Akhbare Reza

Amali Saduk .

36) Holy Prophet(SAWA)  : Wilayat of Hazrat Ali(AS) is the wilayat of Allah(swt)  and to love him is the worship of Allah(swt) and to follow him is made obligatory by Allah(swt) and his lover is the lover of Allah(swt) and his enemy is the enemy of Allah(swt) and to fight  him is to fight Allah(swt) and to submit  in front of him is to submit in front of Allah(swt).

Ref :    BA Vol 38 Pg 31,32  H 9 

Basharatul  Mustafa.

Zyarat-e-Ashoora:

37) Imam Mohd Baqir(AS) : Anyone who does not accept the wilayat of Imam Ali(AS) , there is no good deed for him whether he pray namaz or commit adultery.

Ref: Eqabul Aamal Pg 452 H 17

38) Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS) :

Whatever good deeds our enemy perform, it does not make any difference whether it may be praying namaz, fasting ,committing  adultery or stealing anything they will go to hell, they will go to hell.

Ref: Eqabul Aamal Pg 452 H 18.

39) Imam  Jafar Sadiq (AS) cursed a person by the name Abu  Khattab as follows :

“May Allah curse Abu Khattab”

Ref :    Biharul Anwar  Vol 27 Pg 173 H 18

Ma’ani ul Akhbar.

40) Imam Mohd Baqir(AS) :

“Surely Anyone who recognizes Hazrat Ali(AS) is a believer and anybody who reject him is a disbeliever and anybody who has his wilayat will enter in heaven and anyone who is his enemy will go to hell”

Ref : Kafi V 2 Pg 388 Kitab Iman wa Kufr  Babul Kufr  H 20

41) Imam  Mohd Baqir(AS) was asked : What  is recognition of Allah(swt).

Imam (AS) replied :

Testifying Allah and that Mohd(SAWA) is the prophet of Allah , love of Hazrat Ali(AS) and accepting his Imamat  and the Imams after him and disscociating from their enemies . This is the recognition of Allah.

Imam(AS) was asked : what  work should I do so that  my faith is perfected  ?

Imam(AS) replied : Love the Awleyaa (lover ) of Allah and hate the enemies of Allah.

Narrator : Who is the Awleyaa (lover) of Allah?

Imam(AS) : Mohammad ,Ali ,Hasan, Husain , Ali ibne Husain , I , my son Jafar ibne Mohammad . Whosoever love them love Awleyaa Allah .

Narrator: Who is the enemy of Allah?

Imam(AS) : Abul Faseel , Roma , Nasal  and Muawiya  and everyone who follow their religion .Anybody who is their enemy is the enemy of the enemies of Allah(swt) .

Ref :    Tafseere Ayyashi V 2 Pg 116

BA V 27 Pg 57 H 16.   

42) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) : That person is a liar who says  that he loves  us but does not bear enmity  with our enemies.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  V 27 Pg 58 H 18

43) Holy Prophet(SAWA)  : May Allah curse the one who oppress Fatema .

Ref : Amali Saduq Majlis 24 H 2 Pg 69 , 70 .

44) Imam  Jafar Sadiq (AS) used to curse four men and four women after every obligatory prayer Abubakr , Umar , Muawiya , Usman and Aisha , Hafsa , Hind and Ummul Hakam sister of muawiya .

Ref : Kafi V 3 Pg 342.

45) Imam –e-Reza(AS) said : “The sons of the killer of Imam Husain(AS) are satisfied with the deeds of their forefather. Anyone who is either satisfied or dis satisfied with any actions is included in the performance of that action. Even if a person is killed in the east and another person who live in west is happy with his killing, then that person is included in his  killing” .

Ref: Oyoone Akhbare Reza V 1 Pg 273.

46) The author of renowned book (Mikyalul Makarim) Janab Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Taqi Musawi Isfahani(AR) has mentioned 80 duties of shia during the occultation of Imam-e-Zamana(AS) .One of the duty of shia (duty no 78)during occultation of Imam(AS) which is mentioned in this book is to curse excessively Umayyads openly and secretly. It is mentioned in this book that Holy Prophet(sawa) said to Hazrat Ali(AS) : Oh Ali ! Bani Umayya will curse you and for each of their curse an angel will curse them a thousand times .After his reappearance Qaim(AS) will  curse them for forty years”.

Ref: Khisaal Vol 2 Pg 579.

Note: It means Imam(as) will command his followers to curse the  Bani Umayyah from every pulpit and in every gathering throughout the world.

47) Hazrat Imam Mohammad Baqir(AS) :

“When you conclude the obligatory prayer , do not move till you have cursed Bani Umayyah”.

Ref : Tahdhib  Vol 2 Pg 109  H No 179.

48) Holy Prophet (SAWA) :

“Anyone who is unable to help us (Ahlebayt) and while sitting in loneliness he curses our enemies , Almighty Allah uplifts his voice and takes it to all the angels from underground to high heavens . Then all angels join him in cursing the one he is cursing . Then the angels praise the lover of Ahlulbayt and pray for him: Oh Allah ! Pour your mercy on this man as he did whatever he could in your path . Had he been able to do more , he would have certainly done so.At that time , a voice comes from Almighty Allah : Oh angels , I have answered your prayer and sent mercy on his soul and admitted him in the group of My selected servants.”

Ref :-  Biharul Anwar  V 27 Pg 222 H 11

Tafseere imam Hasan Askari(AS).

49) Allah(swt) : Oh Mohd(SAWA) ! : No one from your enemy will enter heaven and no one from your friend will enter hell.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  V 18 Pg 399 , 400 H 101

50) Holy Prophet(SAWA)  : “The lowest level in the hell will be of those who bear enmity in their heart regarding us and help our enemies with their tongue and their hands. The second grade (level) will be of those who bear enmity in their heart and help our enemies with their tongue and third level will be of those who bear our enmity in their heart”.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  V 27 Pg 93 H 53 .

51) Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) : “When Holy Prophet(SAWA) went to Meraj , Allah(swt) said to him. On the day of Qayamat first of all whom I will seek and will punish him will be the killer of Mohsin Ibne Ali and will beat him with the whip of fire in such a way that if one of it is struck in the river, it will become hot from east to west and if it is hit on any mountain of the world it will be crumble into pieces”.

Ref:  Jila ul Uyoon Pg 238

52) Holy Prophet(SAWA)  : “Oh Ali By Allah who raised me as prophet. If a person worship for 1000 years then also he is not entitled for reward until he accept your wilayat and the wilayat of your sons and he cannot accept your wilayat until he dissociates from your enemies and the enemies of your sons”.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  V 27 Pg 199.

53) Imam Zainul Abedeen(AS) : On the day of Qayamat Allah will not have mercy on three types of people

1) One who reject the imam appointed by Allah.

2) One who claim to be imam though he is not appointed by Allah.

3) Those who say that there are some parts of Abubakr and umar also in Islam.

Ref : Bihaul Anwar  V 31 Pg 605 H 54.

54) Janabe Adam(AS) searched for Janabe Hawwa(swt) all over the world and when he reached Karbala he stumbled and his feet started bleeding .When Janabe Adam(AS) asked the reason for it , Allah(swt) revealed that : “Your son(Husain) will be killed here .I wish that you should curse his killer .Janabe Adam(AS) raised the hand and said : Oh Allah curse the killer of Husain. After that he walked few steps and found Janabe Hawwa(swt)”.

Ref : Biharul Anwar  V 44 Pg 342.

55) Imam Zainul Abedeen(AS) : “Whoever curses Abubakr and umar once in a day Allah will write in his account 7 million good deeds , will forgive 7 millions sins and will raise his 7 millions grades and if he send curse once at night then the same reward is written in his account. Abu Hamza said  that after the martyrdom of Imam Zainul Abedeen(AS) , I met Imam Mohd Baqir(AS) and narrated this tradition to him where upon Imam Mohd Baqir(AS) said : Do you wish I should increase the reward: Imam(AS) then said : Whoever will curse these two in morning none of his sins of that day will be written  and if he curses them once in evening then  any of his sins of that night will not be written “.

Ref : Shifa Us Suroor V 2 Pg 379.

Note: It does not mean we should commit sin intentionally. It refers to those sins which is committed by a person unintentionally.

56) Late Ayatullah Sayyed Nasrullah Mustanbat  saw Hazrat Baqiyatullah(ATFS) in namaz . He saw that Imam(AS) was reciting the following in his qunoot :

Oh Allah! Cetainly Muawiya ibne Abu sufyan  bore enmity to Hazrat Ali(AS) , therefore curse him.

Ref : Mojamul  Rejal ul  Fikr  Wal Adab fil Najaf khalal Alf in the year 1199/3.

57) It is not only permissible to curse the enemies of Ahlebayt  but it is obligatory .

Ref :    Nafhatul Lahut  Fi Lanal  Jabte wat Taagut by Muhaqqiq Karki

Risale Tawalla wa Tabarra by sheikh Jawad  Karbalai.

 58) Imam Ali(AS) said : Jews got divided into 71 sects , Christians got divided into 72 sects and muslims got divided into 73 sects .Out of 73 sects of muslims , 13 sects claim to be our lover but only one will go to heaven and rest 12 sects will go to hell. These 12 sects who will go to hell used to claim to be lover of Hazrat Ali(AS) but does not accept him as a Imam successively after Holy Prophet(SAWA) or used to love him but does not dissociates from his enemies.

Ref :    Sulaym Ibne Qays Pg 175-176  H 39.

59) Ibne Abbas said once I went to masjid e Kufa and saw Hazrat Ali(AS) praying a particular dua which I did not heard .After the dua I asked Hazrat Ali(AS) what is the name of this dua .Imam(AS) : This dua is Dua –e-Saname Quraish .( It is the dua in which Hazrat Ali(AS) has cursed AbuBakr and Umar and has also cursed their daughters ). Imam(AS) then said : Oh Ibne Abbas!  Whoever will recite this dua Allah will give him such reward as if he has fought along with Holy Prophet(SAWA) in the battle of Ohad and Tabuk and has achieved martyrdom in front of Holy Prophet(SAWA) or as if he has sent 1 lakh arrow from the side of Holy Prophet(SAWA) towards enemies .He would get the rewards of Haj and Umrah which he has performed with Holy Prophet(SAWA) .He would get the reward of 1000 months .He would be with Holy Propht(SAWA) on the day of Qayamat  and Allah would forgive all his sins  even if those sins are equal to the stars of the sky ,pebbles of the sand of the desert, leaves of all the trees. He would be safe from the chastisement of the grave .A door of the paradise would be opened in his grave ,His wishes will be fulfilled for which he will recite this dua .Oh Ibne Abbas! If any our shia is affected by some calamity , he should recite this dua to solve his problems .

Ref :    Nafkhatul  Lahut Fi Lanat Jabte wa Tagut Pg 170.

60) Hazrat Ali(AS) saw a man holding the curtain of Kaaba and was reciting salawat . Hazrat Ali(AS) did salam to him  . Second time he saw the same person who was cursing the enemies of Ahlulbayt . This time Hazrat Ali(AS) did not saluted him . He rushed to Imam(AS) and asked the reason .Imam(AS) replied : I did not want to keep you away from reciting Lanat(Curse). Therefore I did not saluted to you since lanat(curse) is better than  salawat and salam.

Ref :    Majmaul Noorain Wa Multaqal Bahrain  Pg 208.

61) A person by the name Haris bin Mugirah Nazri asked Imam Jafar Sadiq(AS) : I have been informed that Hazrat Ali(AS) used to recite namaze magrib with Jamat and used to curse muawiya, Amr-e-aas , Abu Musa Ashari and Abul Umar Salmi in every second rakat of magrib .

Imam(AS) replied : Yes and you should also do the same.

Ref :    Shakhe Tuba  by Mohd  bin Musanna .

62) Holy Prophet(SAWA) said:

“This [Ali (a.s.)] is a sea full of treasures. He is the rising sun. He is more generous and giving than the river of Euphrates* and his heart is larger than the entire world. May Allāh’s curse be on those who hate him.”

Reference : Bihar Vol 27 Page 227 Hadees 29

* River, sea, and water are used to express unlimited generosity in the Arabic language. Euphrates was commonly used as an example of a large river/sea.

63) Imām Alī ibn Mūsā al-Rezā (A.S.) said:

"O son of Shabeeb! If you desire that you may abide in the palaces of Paradise in the company of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) and his Progeny, then invoke Allāh's curse upon the murderers of Imām Husayn (a.s.).”

References:  Nafasul Mahmum,  Chapter 3, Section 2, Tradition 15

64) Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad  al-Sādiq (A.S.) said:

"Dawood, Allāh’s curses the killer of Husain (a.s.). There is no one who drinks water, remembering Imām Husain (a.s.) and cursing his killer, but that Allāh will write a hundred thousand goods deeds for him. He will wipe out a hundred thousand sins from his record and add a hundred thousand ranks to his status; and it will be as if he has freed a hundred thousand slaves. On Judgment Day, the Almighty Allāh will resurrect him with a satisfied heart.". 

Reference: Kamiluz Ziyaraat, Chapter 34, Tradition 1, page 108

65) Holy Prophet(SAWA) said:

 “One who hates Hasan(a.s.) and Husain (a.s.) will come on Judgment Day without any flesh on his or her face and will not get my intercession.”

Reference: Kamiluz Ziyaraat, Chapter 14, Tradition 7, page  57

66) Holy Prophet (S.A.W.A) was asked:

concerning the saying of Allāh "And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return"  (Surah Zukhruf (43): Verse 28)

He (s.a.w.a.) replied, “He (Allāh) has placed Imamat in the progeny of Husain (a.s.). Nine of the Imams will emerge from his offspring and from them is the Māhdi (a.t.f.s.) of this nation.” Then he (s.a.w.w.) warned, “If a person stands on one feet between the Rukn and the Maqaam (-e-Ibraheem) but dies in a state bearing hatred against my Ahle Bait (a.s.), he will enter the fire.”

Reference: 

Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 36, pg. 315, Chap. 41, Tr. No. 160