أَبْطَأْتُ عَنِ الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا أَبْطَأَ بِكَ عَنِ الْحَجِّ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ تَكَفَّلْتُ بِرَجُلٍ فَخَفَرَ بِي فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ وَ الْكَفَالَاتِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا أَهْلَكَتِ الْقُرُونَ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْماً أَذْنَبُوا ذُنُوباً كَثِيرَةً فَأَشْفَقُوا مِنْهَا وَ خَافُوا خَوْفاً شَدِيداً وَ جَاءَ آخَرُونَ فَقَالُوا ذُنُوبُكُمْ عَلَيْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَافُونِي وَ اجْتَرَأْتُمْ عَلَيَّ.
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail from Al Fazl, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary who said, ‘I was delayed about the Hajj, so Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘What is the delay with you about the Hajj?’ So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! I guaranteed (money) for a man, but he shamed me (did not fulfil his responsibility)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What is it to you and the guarantee? Do you not know that it has destroyed the former generations?’ Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘A people sinned with numerous sins, so some of them felt pity and they feared with an intense fearing, and the others came over, so they said, ‘Your sins are upon us’. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Sent down the Punishment upon them. Then the Blessed and High Said: “You are fearing Me<sup>azwj</sup> and are being audacious (disrespectful) to Me<sup>azwj</sup>?”’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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