Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 157

When Allah decides to destroy a government
1 Ḥadīth

Ḥadīth #1

:157

جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ فَنَاءَ دَوْلَةِ قَوْمٍ أَمَرَ الْفَلَكَ فَأَسْرَعَ السَّيْرَ فَكَانَتْ عَلَى مِقْدَارِ مَا يُرِيدُ.

157. Ja’far, from Anbasar, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far (a.s) having said that: ‘If Allah (azwj) Intends to Terminate the affairs of a people, He (azwj) Commands the orbit to be Accelerated, in accordance to what He (azwj) Intends’.