How authentic is the Hadith: "When he drew near to Nineveh, on his way to Siffin, he called out: 'Patience, Abā ʿAbdillāh! Patience, Abā ʿAbdillāh, by the bank of the Euphrates!' I said: 'And what is that?' He said: 'I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, one day, and his eyes were overflowing. I said: 'O Prophet of Allah, what is the matter that your eyes are overflowing?' He said: 'Gabriel had just left me and informed me that my son Al-Husayn would be killed by the bank of the Euphrates. He said: 'Would you like me to let you smell some of its soil?' He said: 'Yes.' So he extended his hand, took a handful of earth, and gave it to me, and I could not control my eyes from overflowing'?"

Imam Ahmad, Al-Bazzar, and Abu Ya'la narrated a Hadith from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) informed him that Al-Hussein (may Allah be pleased with him) would be killed on the bank of the Euphrates. This chain of narration has been described as weak due to the presence of an unknown narrator.

Some scholars have attempted to strengthen the meaning of this Hadith with corroborating evidence, including the Hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) in which the angel of rain informed the Prophet (peace be upon him) of Hussein's killing in Karbala; the Hadith of Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) with a similar meaning; the Hadith of Umm Al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) regarding her vision and Hussein's killing; and the Hadith of Aisha or Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with them both) about an angel entering to inform of Hussein's killing.

However, these corroborating narrations are not free from weakness or interruption in their chains of narration, and some of their texts are inconsistent in their details, such as identifying the angel who informed the Prophet (peace be upon him), the location of Hussein's killing, the description of the soil, or who witnessed the Prophet's (peace be upon him) crying. Therefore, improving the Hadith by combining these corroborating narrations is questionable, and the Hadith remains weak.