Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَرَفَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ لله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي كُلِّ يَوْ٠ُنَادِياً يُنَادِي ٠َهْلاً عِبَادَ الله عَنْ ٠َعَاصِي الله فَلَوْ لا بَهَائِ٠ُ رُتَّعٌ وَصِبْيَةٌ رُضَّعٌ وَشُيُوخٌ رُكَّعٌ لَصُبَّ عَلَيْكُ٠ُ الْعَذَابُ صَبّاً تُرَضُّونَ بِهِ رَضّاً.

Had it not been for the presence of grazing animals, breastfeeding children, bent down old people among you, torment would have definitely been poured down upon you and you would have been battered severely.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/429))