One person writes about two occasions when he was afflicted with calamities, which were removed with the recitation of Ziyarat Ashura.
First Occasion This involved three difficulties.
1) I had become indebted for a sum of two million tuman for purchase of my house. A year had passed but there seemed no chance of repayment of the debt. I was very tense because of this huge debt.
2) My second difficulty was also very disturbing, which I can not reveal.
3) Poverty These three calamities had made me very nervous. I implored Sayyeda Fatema Masuma Qum (s.a). I decided to recite Ziyarat Ashura for a period of forty days and grant the reward of this recitation to Lady Naijis Khatoon (s.a.) as a gift. I would request her to intercede on my behalf with her son, Imam Zamana (a.s.), so that Imam (a.s.) would solve my problems. My routine involved praying Ziyarat Aminullah [of Amir al Muminin (a.s.)], after reciting Salat ul Fajr. Then I used to recite Ziyarat Ashura along with hundred repetitions of curses and salam, followed by dua Alqamah. I had only finished reciting for 28 days when my second problem was solved.
On the 37th day, one of my friends who owed me some money approached me, gave me all the money and said, ‘Pay off all your debts with this money.’ On the completion of the 40th day, my financial problem was also solved.
Thus all my problems were solved and I did not to confront such problems again.
Second Occasion About one year had lapsed after the above- mentioned incident.
I was faced with another calamity. My friends and I had entered into an agreement with a trader from Tehran. The latter was to make some purchases on our behalf. My friends had somehow made arrangements for the money and dispatches the sum to that trader. As per the agreement, we were to receive the consignment of goods by the third day. However, we learnt that the trader had cheated us and a bank, to the tune of seventy million tuman, and after that he had escaped. After three months hunting him, I was totally disheartened.
I finally decided to once again resort to Ziyarat Ashura and request Imam Zamana (a.s.) for assistance. I had recited this Ziyarat only for 20 days when this trader himself phoned me, and by the end of the 40th day I had received my amount in full. However, the others did not receive their money. Finally this trader was arrested and imprisoned for his crime.
Thus, again Ziyarat Ashura brought me some much-needed relief and relaxation. However, it must be stated here that, while reciting this Ziyarat on both the occasions, I used to recall the grief and calamities of Imam Husayn (a.s.) and lament bitterly. I had turned my attention away from all worldly means and had placed total confidence and reliance on this Ziyarat.
Miracles of Ziyarat e Ashura – P.E.T Publications