وَجَدْنَا فِي كِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِذَا ظَهَرَ الزِّنَا مِنْ بَعْدِي كَثُرَ مَوْتُ الْفَجْأَةِ وَ إِذَا طُفِّفَ الْمِكْيَالُ وَ الْمِيزَانُ أَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِالسِّنِينَ وَ النَّقْصِ وَ إِذَا مَنَعُوا الزَّكَاةَ مَنَعَتِ الْأَرْضُ بَرَكَتَهَا مِنَ الزَّرْعِ وَ الثِّمَارِ وَ الْمَعَادِنِ كُلَّهَا وَ إِذَا جَارُوا فِي الْأَحْكَامِ تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَ الْعُدْوَانِ وَ إِذَا نَقَضُوا الْعَهْدَ سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوَّهُمْ وَ إِذَا قَطَّعُوا الْأَرْحَامَ جُعِلَتِ الْأَمْوَالُ فِي أَيْدِي الْأَشْرَارِ وَ إِذَا لَمْ يَأْمُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ لَمْ يَنْهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ لَمْ يَتَّبِعُوا الْأَخْيَارَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ شِرَارَهُمْ فَيَدْعُوا خِيَارُهُمْ فَلَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, (It has been narrated) from Abu Hamza, from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘We<sup>asws</sup> found in a letter of Rasool<sup>saww</sup>: ‘When the adultery appears from after me<sup>saww</sup>, the sudden death would be frequent; and when they (people) are insufficient in their measuring and the weighing, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Seize them with the years (of famine) and the shortages; and when the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> is prevented, the earth would be prevented from its Blessings from the vegetation, and the fruits, and the minerals, all of these; and when they (people) are tyrannical in their judgements, they would assist each other upon the injustices and the animosities; And when they (people) break the Covenant, Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> would Cause their enemies to overcome upon them; and when they (people) sever the relationships, the wealth would be Made to be in the hands of the most evil of them; and when they (people) do not enjoin with the good and do not forbid from the evil and do not follow the chosen ones<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> from the People<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> of my<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> Household, Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> would Cause the most evil of them to overcome upon them, so their best ones would be supplicating and it would not be Answered for them’’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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