Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Punishments

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Punishments Chapter: Punishment of Allah’s Anger أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ ٠َعْرُوفٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ ٠َنْدَلِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْعَبْرِیِّ عَنْ ٠َعٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَهَ عَنْ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ: إِذَا غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَی بَلْدَهٍ وَ لَ٠ْ یُنْزِلْ بِهَا الْعَذَابَ غَلَتْ أَسْعَارُهَا وَ قَصُرَتْ أَعْ٠ْ تَرْبَحْ تُجَّارُهَا وَ لَ٠ْ تَجْرِ أَنْهَارُهَا وَ حُبِسَ أَ٠ْطَارُهَا وَ سُلِّطَ عَلَیْهَا أَشْرَارُهَا. 1. My father (rah) 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 (a.s.) 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.”