4958 - وَ رَوَى هِشَامُ بْنُ اَلْحَكَمِ وَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "كَانَ رَجُلٌ فِي اَلزَّمَنِ اَلْأَوَّلِ طَلَبَ اَلدُّنْيَا مِنْ حَلاَلٍ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا وَ طَلَبَهَا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا فَأَتَاهُ اَلشَّيْطَانُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا هَذَا إِنَّكَ قَدْ طَلَبْتَ اَلدُّنْيَا مِنْ حَلاَلٍ فَلَمْ تَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا فَطَلَبْتَهَا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَلَمْ تَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا أَ فَلاَ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ تُكْثِرُ بِهِ دُنْيَاكَ وَ تُكْثِرُ بِهِ تَبَعَكَ فَقَالَ بَلَى قَالَ تَبْتَدِعُ دِيناً وَ تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ اَلنَّاسَ فَفَعَلَ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ اَلنَّاسُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ فَأَصَابَ مِنَ اَلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتُ اِبْتَدَعْتُ دِيناً وَ دَعَوْتُ اَلنَّاسَ إِلَيْهِ وَ مَا أَرَى لِي تَوْبَةً إِلاَّ أَنْ آتِيَ مَنْ دَعَوْتُهُ فَأَرُدَّهُ عَنْهُ فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِي أَصْحَابَهُ اَلَّذِينَ أَجَابُوهُ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ اَلَّذِي دَعَوْتُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ بَاطِلٌ وَ إِنَّمَا اِبْتَدَعْتُهُ فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ كَذَبْتَ هُوَ اَلْحَقُّ وَ لَكِنَّكَ شَكَكْتَ فِي دِينِكَ فَرَجَعْتَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَمَدَ إِلَى سِلْسِلَةٍ فَوَتَدَ لَهَا وَتِداً ثُمَّ جَعَلَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ وَ قَالَ لاَ أَحُلُّهَا حَتَّى يَتُوبَ اَللَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَأَوْحَى اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنَ اَلْأَنْبِيَاءِ "قُلْ لِفُلاَنٍ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلاَلِي لَوْ دَعَوْتَنِي حَتَّى تَنْقَطِعَ أَوْصَالُكَ مَا اِسْتَجَبْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَرُدَّ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى مَا دَعَوْتَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ" ".
Hadith.4958 - Hisham ibn al-Hakam and Abu Basir narrated from Abu Abdillah 
who said:
"There was a man in earlier times who sought worldly gains through lawful means but could not attain them. Then he sought them through unlawful means, yet still could not attain them.
So, Satan came to him and said: 'O man, you have sought the world through lawful means and could not obtain it, and you sought it through unlawful means and still could not obtain it. Shall I guide you to something that will increase your worldly gains and followers?'
The man replied: 'Yes.'
Satan said: 'Invent a new religion and call people to it.'
So, the man did so, and the people responded to him and obeyed him, and he gained from the world.
Then he reflected and said: 'What have I done? I invented a religion and called people to it. I see no repentance for me except that I go to those I invited and turn them away from it.'
So, he began approaching his followers, saying: 'What I invited you to was false, and I only invented it.'
But they responded, 'You are lying! It is the truth, but you have doubted your religion and abandoned it.'
When he saw this, he took a chain, fixed it to a peg, placed it around his neck, and said: 'I will not release it until Allah (swt) accepts my repentance.'
Then Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, revealed to a prophet from among the prophets:
'Say to so-and-so: By My (swt) Might and My (swt) Majesty, even if you call upon Me (swt) until your limbs fall apart, I (swt) will not respond to you until you return those who died upon what you called them to and turn them away from it.'"
