Chapter: Children and Allahâs Justice Concerning Them د ب٠زÙاد جعÙر اÙÙ٠٠اÙÙÙØ ÙاÙ: ØدثÙا عÙ٠ب٠إبراÙÙÙ Ø Ø¹Ù Ø£Ø¨ÙÙØ Ø¹Ù Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ اÙسÙا٠ب٠صاÙØ Ø§ÙÙرÙÙØ Ø¹Ù Ø§Ùرضا عÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠ÙاÙ: ÙÙت ÙÙ: Ùأ٠عÙØ© أغر٠اÙÙ٠عز Ùج٠اÙدÙÙا ÙÙÙا Ù٠ز٠٠Ùا Ø°Ùب ÙÙØ ÙÙاÙ: ٠اÙأطÙا٠Ùأ٠اÙÙ٠عز Ùج٠أعÙÙ ÙغرÙÙا ÙÙا Ø·ÙÙ ÙÙÙ٠ا Ùا٠اÙÙ٠عز Ùج٠ÙÙÙÙ٠بعذاب٠٠ÙÙب٠اÙÙÙ ÙÙØ Ø¹ÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠2.
Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja`far al-Hamdani (RA) said: `Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim said, on the authority of his father, on the authority of `Abd Al-Salam ibn Salih al-Hirawi that Al-Rida (AS) said: I asked him, âFor what reason did Allah, the Mighty and High, drown the whole of the earth in the time of Nuh (AS), while there were children among them who were free of sin?â So he (AS) replied, There were no children among them, because Allah, the Mighty and High, made the male reproductive system infertile and the female wombs barren for forty years.
Thus, their lineage was cut. So He drowned them while there were no children among them. Allah, the Mighty and High, does not destroy with His Punishment anyone who is without sin. As for the rest of Nuhâs (AS) people then they were drowned for belying Nuh, the Prophet of Allah, (AS). They were all drowned for agreeing with the belying ones. Whoever is absent from a matter, and agrees to it, is like one that witnesses it and commits it.