1. My father رحمه الله 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 عليه السلام 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.”