[23] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ...

[23] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) الْبَيْتَ فَقَالَ لَوْ عَطَّلُوهُ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً لَمْ يُنَاظَرُوا Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Hanan Bin Sadeyr, from his father who said, ‘I mentioned the House (Kabah) to Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th successor of Prophet), so he -asws said: ‘If they (ruling authorities) were to suspend ( Tawaf ) it for one year, they would not be (given the) Respite (from the Punishment)’.

[24] Respite for the Evil doers: لي، الأمالي للصدوق عَنْ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَهْبَطَ مَلَكاً إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهَا دَهْراً طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ عَرَجَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا رَأَيْتَ (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – from Majaylawiya, from his uncle, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ibrahim Bin Ziyad, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Sent down an Angel to the earth.

He stayed in it for a long time, then ascended to the sky. He -azwj Said to him: “What did you see?” قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَجَائِبَ كَثِيرَةً وَ أَعْجَبُ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ عَبْداً مُتَقَلِّباً فِي نِعْمَتِكَ يَأْكُلُ رِزْقَكَ وَ يَدَّعِي الرُّبُوبِيَّةَ فَعَجِبْتُ مِنْ جُرْأَتِهِ عَلَيْكَ وَ مِنْ حِلْمِكَ عَنْهُ He said, ‘I saw many strange things, and the strangest of what I saw is that I saw a servant turning in Your -azwj bounties, eating Your -azwj sustenance and claiming Lordship (for himself), so I was surprised from his audacity upon You -azwj and from Your -azwj Leniency towards him!’ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَمِنْ حِلْمِي عَجِبْتَ Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Majesty, Said: “You are surprised from My -azwj Leniency?” قَالَ نَعَمْ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ قَدْ أَمْهَلْتُهُ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ لَا يَضْرِبُ عَلَيْهِ عِرْقٌ وَ لَا يُرِيدُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْئاً إِلَّا نَالَهُ وَ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا مَطْعَمٌ وَ لَا مَشْرَبٌ‏ He -azwj Said: ‘I -azwj hereby Respite him for four hundred years.