دَعَا نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أُسَلِّطُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوَّهُمْ فَقَالَ لَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَالْجُوعَ فَقَالَ لَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا تُرِيدُ فَقَالَ مَوْتٌ دَفِيقٌ يَحْزُنُ الْقَلْبَ وَ يُقِلُّ الْعَدَدَ فَأُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمُ الطَّاعُونُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, (It has been narrated) raising it from Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A Prophet<sup>as</sup> from the Prophets<sup>as</sup> supplicated against his<sup>as</sup> people. So it was said to him<sup>as</sup>, ‘Get their enemies to overcome upon them’. But he<sup>as</sup> said: No’. So it was said to him<sup>as</sup>, ‘Then, the hunger’. But he<sup>as</sup> said: ‘No’. So it was said to him<sup>as</sup>, ‘What do you<sup>as</sup> want?’ So he<sup>as</sup> said: ‘A hidden death which would grieve the heart, and it would reduce the numbers’. So the plague was Sent to them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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