Punishment of Allah’s Anger
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 93
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مَنْدَلِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْعَبْرِیِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَهَ عَنْ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ: إِذَا غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَی بَلْدَهٍ وَ لَمْ یُنْزِلْ بِهَا الْعَذَابَ غَلَتْ أَسْعَارُهَا وَ قَصُرَتْ أَعْمَارُهَا وَ لَمْ تَرْبَحْ تُجَّارُهَا وَ لَمْ تَنْزِلْ أَثْمَارُهَا وَ لَمْ تَجْرِ أَنْهَارُهَا وَ حُبِسَ أَمْطَارُهَا وَ سُلِّطَ عَلَیْهَا أَشْرَارُهَا.
1. My father رحمه الله said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Abbas b. Ma’ruf from a man from Mandal b. Ali al-’Abri from Muhammad b. Matraf from Masma’ from al-Asbagh b. Nabateh from Ali عليه السلام who said: “If Allah gets angry over a city but does not reveal His chastisement upon it, it faces inflation, lifespan of people is reduced, trade becomes profitless, there is shortage of fruits, rivers become dry, rainfall becomes scanty and mischief-mongers are made to overpower them.”