قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) خَمْسٌ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُمُوهُنَّ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُنَّ لَمْ تَظْهَرِ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ حَتَّى يُعْلِنُوهَا إِلَّا ظَهَرَ فِيهِمُ الطَّاعُونُ وَ الْأَوْجَاعُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي أَسْلَافِهِمُ الَّذِينَ مَضَوْا وَ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَ الْمِيزَانَ إِلَّا أُخِذُوا بِالسِّنِينَ وَ شِدَّةِ الْمَئُونَةِ وَ جَوْرِ السُّلْطَانِ وَ لَمْ يَمْنَعُوا الزَّكَاةَ إِلَّا مُنِعُوا الْقَطْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ لَوْ لَا الْبَهَائِمُ لَمْ يُمْطَرُوا وَ لَمْ يَنْقُضُوا عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَ عَهْدَ رَسُولِهِ إِلَّا سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوَّهُمْ وَ أَخَذُوا بَعْضَ مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ لَمْ يَحْكُمُوا بِغَيْرِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بَأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Ahmad bin Muhammad, altogether from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Aban, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘There are five (things), if you were to come across these, so seek Refuge with Allah<sup>azwj</sup> from these – Never has an immorality appeared among a people at all to the extent of it being performed openly except there appeared among them, the plague and the hunger which did not happen to be among their ancestors in the past. And never have they (people) been deficient in the measuring and the weighing except that they were seized by the years (of famine), and difficult provision, and tyranny of the ruling authorities; and never have they (people) prevented the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> except that the drops from the sky were prevented, and had it not been for the beasts, it would not have rained; and never have they (people) broken the Covenant of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> and the Covenant of His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Rasool<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> except that Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Caused them to be overcome by their enemies, and they seized part of what was in their hands; and never have they judged with other than what Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Sent down except that Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Made the fear (of battles) to be between them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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