كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الرِّضَا ( صلوات الله عليه ) فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَتَى وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ الثَّلَاثَةَ وَ هُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَحَدِهِمْ فِي مُنَاظَرَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَرَعَ الْبَابَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْغُلَامُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ مَوْلَاكَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هُوَ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ الرَّجُلُ وَ دَخَلَ الْغُلَامُ إِلَى مَوْلَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ كَانَ الَّذِي قَرَعَ الْبَابَ قَالَ كَانَ فُلَانٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَسْتَ فِي الْمَنْزِلِ فَسَكَتَ وَ لَمْ يَكْتَرِثْ وَ لَمْ يَلُمْ غُلَامَهُ وَ لَا اغْتَمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ لِرُجُوعِهِ عَنِ الْبَابِ وَ أَقْبَلُوا فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ بَكَّرَ إِلَيْهِمُ الرَّجُلُ فَأَصَابَهُمْ وَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا يُرِيدُونَ ضَيْعَةً لِبَعْضِهِمْ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ قَالَ أَنَا مَعَكُمْ فَقَالُوا لَهُ نَعَمْ وَ لَمْ يَعْتَذِرُوا إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مُحْتَاجاً ضَعِيفَ الْحَالِ فَلَمَّا كَانُوا فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ إِذَا غَمَامَةٌ قَدْ أَظَلَّتْهُمْ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ مَطَرٌ فَبَادَرُوا فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَتِ الْغَمَامَةُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ إِذَا مُنَادٍ يُنَادِي مِنْ جَوْفِ الْغَمَامَةِ أَيَّتُهَا النَّارُ خُذِيهِمْ وَ أَنَا جَبْرَئِيلُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا نَارٌ مِنْ جَوْفِ الْغَمَامَةِ قَدِ اخْتَطَفَتِ الثَّلَاثَةَ النَّفَرِ وَ بَقِيَ الرَّجُلُ مَرْعُوباً يَعْجَبُ مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِالْقَوْمِ وَ لَا يَدْرِي مَا السَّبَبُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَقِيَ يُوشَعَ بْنَ نُونٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ وَ مَا رَأَى وَ مَا سَمِعَ فَقَالَ يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضِياً وَ ذَلِكَ بِفِعْلِهِمْ بِكَ فَقَالَ وَ مَا فِعْلُهُمْ بِي فَحَدَّثَهُ يُوشَعُ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَنَا أَجْعَلُهُمْ فِي حِلٍّ وَ أَعْفُو عَنْهُمْ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلُ لَنَفَعَهُمْ فَأَمَّا السَّاعَةَ فَلَا وَ عَسَى أَنْ يَنْفَعَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bni Jamhour, from Ahmad Bin Al Husayn, from his father, from Ismail Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sianna who said, ‘I was in the presence of Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, so he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Abu Muhammad! It was so that in the era of the Children of Israel there were four persons from the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>. So one of them came over to the three and they had gathered in a house of one of them regarding a discussion between them. So he knocked on the door and the slave came over to him. So he said, ‘Where is your master?’ So he said, ‘He is not in the house’. So the man returned and the slave went over to his master. So he said to him, ‘Who was that who knocked the door?’ He said, ‘It was so and so, so I told him you were not in the house’. So he remained silent and did not care and did not blame his slave, nor was anyone one of them saddened of his return from the door, and they returned towards their discussion. So when it was from the morning, the man came very early to them and he came across them and they had come out intending a property of one of them. So he greeted upon them and said, ‘I (want to go) with you’. So they said to him, ‘Yes’, and they did not apologise to him, and the man was needy and of a weak (financial) state. So when they were in one of the streets, there was a cloud which shaded them. So they thought it was going to rain, and they hastened. So when the cloud was directly upon their heads, a Caller Called out from the interior of the cloud: ‘O you Fire! Seize them, and I<sup>as</sup> am Jibraeel<sup>as</sup>, a Messenger of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>!’ So a flame came out from the inside of the cloud and snatched the three persons, and there remained the man, awed, astounded from what had befallen with the group, and he did not know what the cause of it was. So he returned to the city and met Yoshua<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> Bin Noon<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> and informed him<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> of the news and what he had seen and what he had heard. So Yoshua<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> Bin Noon<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> said: ‘Do you not know that Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> is Angered upon them after having been Pleased from them, and that was due to what they did with you’. So he said, ‘And what was their deed with me?’ So Yoshua<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> narrated it. So the man said, ‘So I hereby make them to be free and excuse them’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> said: ‘Had this been before, it would have benefitted them, but as for now, so no, and perhaps it might benefit them from afterwards’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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