And it is reported that the worst age is if his intellect...
And it is reported that the worst age is if his intellect becomes the intellects of a seven-year-old’’.
[22] الخصال عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْمُذَكِّرِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا مِنْ مُعَمَّرٍ يُعَمَّرُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً إِلَّا صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَنْوَاعٍ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ الْجُنُونَ وَ الْجُذَامَ وَ الْبَرَصَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ الْخَمْسِينَ لَيَّنَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حِسَابَهُ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ السِّتِّينَ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ الْإِنَابَةَ إِلَيْهِ بِمَا يُحِبُّ وَ يَرْضَى (The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – From Muhammad Bin Al Fazl, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Al Muzakkir, from Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al Asamma, from Bakr Bin Sahl, from Abdullah Bin Al Muhajir, from Ibn Wahab, from Hafs Bin Maysara, from Zayd Bin Aslam, from Anas (well-known fabricator) who said, ‘There is no one living for forty years except Allah -azwj Turns away from him three types of afflictions – the insanity, and the leprosy, and the vitiligo.
When he reaches fifty, Allah -azwj Softens His -azwj Reckoning upon him. When he reaches sixty, Allah -azwj Graces him the penitence to Him -azwj what He -azwj Loves and is Satisfied with.
فَإِذَا بَلَغَ السَّبْعِينَ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ أَحَبَّهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ الثَّمَانِينَ قَبِلَ اللَّهُ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَ تَجَاوَزَ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ التِّسْعِينَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ وَ سُمِّيَ أَسِيرَ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ شُفِّعَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ. When he reaches seventy, Allah -azwj Loves him and people of the sky love him. When he reaches eighty, Allah -azwj Accepts his good deeds and Overlooks his evil deeds.
When he reaches ninety, Allah -azwj Forgives for him whatever had preceded of his sins and whatever is delayed, and he is named as, ‘Prisoner of Allah -azwj in His -azwj earth’, and he will intercede regarding people of his household’’.
[23] الخصال عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُؤَدِّبِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الثَّمَانِينَ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ.
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