Concerning the punishments for the evil-doers, besides the verses of the Holy Quran, there are some strange narrations, some of which will be dealt with here:
عَن أبي عَبْدِاللهِA: إيّاكُمْ وَالغَفْلَةَ، فإنَّهُ مَنْ غَفَلَ فَإنَّما يَغْفَلُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ، وَإيّاكُمْ وَالتَهاوُنَ بِأمْرِ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ، فَإنَّهُ مَنْ تَهاوَنَ بِأمْرِ اللهِ أهانَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: I warn you against negligence because anybody who acts negligently will be a loser. I also warn you against belittling God’s commands because if you disregard God’s commandments, you will be miserable on the Doomsday(The punishments for actions, P453.).
عَنْ مُوسِى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍH: مَلْعُونٌ مَنِ اتَّهَمَ أخاهُ، مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ غَشَّ أخاهُ، مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ لَمْ يَنْصَحْ آخاهُ، مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ اغْتابَ أخاهُ.
The following four group of people shall not receive God’s blessings: the accuser, the fainter, evil-wisher, and the back-biter(Behar, Vol 78, The words of the seventh Imam (s).
سَمِعْتُ أبا عَبْدِاللهِA يَقُولُ: لّوْ جَحَدَ أميرَ المُؤمِنِينَA جَمِيعُ مَنْ في الأرضِ لَعَذَّبَهُمُ اللهُ جَمِيعاً وَأدْخَلَهُمُ النّارَ.
Imam Hossein Ibn Ali says: I heard Imam sadiq (s) saying: If everybody on the earth denies the Imamate leadership and obedience of Imam Ali (s), they will be severely punished by Allah and will be sent to the hell(Loc Cit, P 468).
عَنْ أبي عَبْدِاللهِA قالَ: مَنِ ادَّعى الإمامَةَ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ أهْلِها فَهُوَ كافِرٌ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: Any body who claims he is fit for the Imamate and leadership for Moslems but does not deserve it, is an infidel(Op Cit, P 479).
عَن أبي جَعْفَرٍA قالَ: في كِتابِ عَليّA: ثَلاثُ خِصالٍ لا يَمُوتُ صاحِبُهُنَّ أبَداً حَتّى يَرى وَبالَهُنَّ: البَغْيُ، وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ، وَاليَمِينُ الكَاذِبَةُ يُبارِزُ اللهُ بِها.
Imam Baqir (s) reports from Imam Ali’s writings: There are three traits the owners of which will not die unless they receive punishment here in this world: injustice, cutting family ties, and fake swearing(The Rewards for actions, P 493).
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ4 أنَّهُ كانَ يَقُولُ: المَكْرُ وَالخَدِيعَةُ فِي النّارِ.
The Prophet (s) used to repeat the following: playing tricks on people and deceiving them are two sins the performer of which shall definitely receive the hell fire(Punishments for Actions, P 479).
قالَ عليٌّA: تَحْرُمُ الجَنَّةُ عَلى ثَلاثَةٍ: النَّمّام، وَالقَتّال، وَعَلى مُدْمِنِ الخَمْرِ.
Imam Ali (s) has said: Three groups of people shall never enter the paradise: talebearers, murderers, and wine-drinkers(Op Cit, P 497. ).
عَنْ أبي عَبْدِاللهِA قالَ: مَنْ تَعَصَّبَ عَصَبَهُ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ بِعِصابَةٍ مِنَ النّارِ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: One who is prejudiced without any sound reason shall receive a fore-head band of fire(Op Cit, P 799.).
عَن أبي عَبْدِاللهِA قالَ: ثَلاثَةٌ لا يَنْظُرُ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ إلَيهِمْ: ثاني عِطْفِهِ، وَمُسْبِلُ إزارِهِ خُيَلاءَ، وَالمُنْفِقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالأيْمانِ، إنَّ الكِبْرِياءَ لِلّهِ رَبِّ العالَمَينَ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: Three groups of people shall be deprived of God’s mercy: those who are proud, those who walk on the ground with pride and those who sell their goods through lies. Then he added: in fact magnanimity is special to God.
عَن أبي جَعْفَرٍ وَأبي عَبْدِاللهِH قالا: لا يَدخُلُ الجَنَّةَ مَنْ في قَلْبِهِ مِثْقالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبَرٍ.
Imam Baqir (s) has said: Anybody who carries even one atom of pride and haughtiness in his heart shall never enter the paradise(Op Cit, P 499.).
عَنْ أبي عبدِاللهِ A: أيُّما ناشٍ نَشَأ ف قَوْمِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُؤدِّبْ عَلى مَعْصِيَتِهِ كانَ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ أوَّلَ ما يُعاقِبُهُم فِيهِ أنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أرْزاقِهِمْ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: Any tribe of people who do not punish or blame their adolescent for the wrong-doing he might have engaged in, shall receive a reduction from God in their subsistence(The Rewards for actions, P 503.).
قالَ رَسولُ اللهِ4: مَنْ أذْنَبَ ذَنْباً وَهُوَ ضاحِكٌ دَخَلَ النّارَ وَهُوَ باكٍ.
The Prophet (s) has said: Any body laughing while have performing an evil shall enter the Barrier weeping([1] Op Cit, P 504.).
عَن أبي عَبْدِاللهِA قالَ: شاهِدُ الزُّورِ لا تَزُولُ قَدَماهُ حَتّى تَجِبَ لَهُ النّارُ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: Anybody who gives false witness shall receive the hell on the spot(Op Cit, P 508 ).
قالَ أبُو عَبْدِاللهِ: مَن حَلَفَ عَلى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أنًّهُ كاذِبٌ فَقَدْ بارَزَ اللهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: Anybody who falsely utters a swearing in order to confirm or nullify a right, has risen against God(Op Cit, P 510.).
عَنْ عَبّادِبْنِ كَثيرٍ النَّواءِ قالَ: سَألْتُ أبا جَعْفَرٍA عَنِ الكَبْائِرِ قالَ: كُلُّ شِئٍ أوْعَدَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ النّارَ.
Obbad Ibn Kathir Navva’ says: I asked Imam Baqir (s): what are the great sins? Imam replied: Those actions for which God has promised the hell fire(Op Cit, P 526.)
Imam Baqir (s) has said: On the Resurrection Day, God will raise some people from their graves with their hands fastened to their necks so tightly as to be unable to pick up even the lightest article, who are being followed by some angels blaming them and announcing: these are among those who did not pay their due alms out of their abundance which God had given them(The Rewards for actions, P 530.).
عَنْ حمّادِ الرازي قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أبا عَبْدِاللهِA يَقُولُ: مَنْ أفْطَرَ يَوْماً مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضانَ خَرَجَ رُوحُ الإيمانِ مِنْهُ.
Hammad Razi says: Imam Sadiq (s) has stated: Anybody who for not valid excuse abstain from fasting even one day in the holy month of Ramathan, shall lose his faith.
عَن مُعَلّى بْنِ خُنَيسٍ قالَ سَمِعْتُ أبا عَبدِاللهِA يَقُولُ: قالَ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ: لِيَأذَنْ بِحَرْبٍ مِنّي مَنْ أذَلَّ عَبْدِي المُْؤمِنَ، وَلْيأمَنْ مِنْ غَضَبي مِنْ أكْرَمَ عَبْدِيَ المُؤمِنَ.
Moa’ll Ibn Khonais says: Imam Sadiq (s) has said: God has declared: Anybody who belittles my believing servant has prepared himself to fight with me. And anybody who honors and respects my believing servant shall be immune against my anger(Op Cit, P 536.).
قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ4: أرْبَعةٌ لا تَدخُلُ بَيْتاً واحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ إلا خَرِبَ وَلَمْ يُعْمَرْ بِالبَرَكَةِ: الخِيانَةُ، وَالسَرِقَةُ، وَشُرْبُ الخَمْرِ، وَالزِّنا.
The Prophet (s) has stated: there are four nasty things if one of which enters your life, it shall ruin your life: treason, theft, drinking and adultery(Op Cit, P 551.)
عَنْ أبي عَبْدِاللهِA قالَ: مُدْمِنُ الزِّنا وَالسَرَقِ وَالشُّرْبِ كَعابِدِ وَثَنٍ.
Imam Sadiq (s) says: The punishment for a person who habitually engages in adultery or theft or drinking is like the punishment of an idolater.
Imam Sadiq (s) also has said: keep your religion through your piety, needlessness and the ignoring of the king’s or sultan’s presents. Be aware any believer who humbles himself for money will he be made nameless by God and will have God’s anger. If a believer gains some wealth as the result of belittling himself in front of a tyrant he will lose God’s blessings. If he spends some portion of such wealth in hajj or freeing a slave, his action will not be considered(The Rewards for actions, P 559).
قالَ رَسولُ اللهِ4: لا تَزالُ اُمَّتي بِخَيرٍ ما لَمْ يَتَخاوَنُوا، وَأدُّوا الأمانَةَ، وَآتَوا الزَّكاةَ؛ وَإذا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا ذلِكَ ابْتُلُوا بِالقَحْطِ وَالسِّنينَ.
The Prophet (s) has said: the activities of my Ommah are benevolent and blissful if they do not betray one another, if they keep people’s deposits, and if they pay their due alms. But if they do not carry out these instructions, they will end up in draught(Op Cit, P 572.).
Imam Sadiq (s) says Imam Ali (s) has said: There is a mill in the hell which grinds. Then he said: Don’t you want to know what it grinds? The followers asked what does it grind? He answered: it grinds the corrupt scholars, the libertine reciters, the tyrant governors, the treacherous ministers, and the liar heads of the villages.
Then Imam Ali (s) added: There is a city in the hell called Hathineh. Don’t you ask me what it contains? The followers asked: what? The hands which shook the hands of a genuine and well-wishing leader and Imam in allegiance but later broke the allegiance(Op Cit, P 577).
عَنِ المَعْصُومِ: كُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلالَةٌ، وَكُلُّ ضَلالَةٍ سَبِيلُها إلَى النّارِ.
From the Infallible (s): Any religious innovation leads to one’s destruction and misleading, and any misleading ends up in the hell fire(Op Cit, P 587.).
عَنْ أبي عَبدِاللهِA: مَنْ وَلِيَ شَيْئاً مِن اُمُورِ المُسْلِمِينَ فَضَيَّعَهُمْ ضَيَّعَهُ اللهُ تَعالى.
Imam Sadiq (s) has said: God will deprive the official of his favors who has accepted the task of managing the Moslems’ affairs, but does not perform his duties properly(Op Cit, P 592.).
قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ4: إذا كانَ يَومُ القِيامَةِ نادى مُنادٍ: أيْنَ الظَّلَمَةُ وَأعوانُهُمْ وَمَن لاقَ لَهُم دَواةً أو رَبَطَ لَهُم كيساً أو مَدَّ لَهُم مَدَّةَ قَلَمٍ، فَاحْشُرُوهُم مَعَهُم.
The Prophet (s) has said: when the Doomsday arrives the herald will announce: where are the aggressors and tyrants and their partners and associates who prepared the inkpot for them or fastened their sacks for them. Thus, all associates of tyrants are tyrants as well.( [1] The Rewards for actions, P 593.)
عَن أبي عَبدِاللهِ، عَن أبيهِH قالَ: لِلزّاني سِتُّ خِصالٍ: ثَلاثٌ فِي الدُّنيا، وَثَلاثٌ في الآخِرَةِ أمَّا الَّتي فِي الدُّنيا فَيَذهَبُ بِنُورِ الوَجْهِ، وَيُورِثُ الفَقْرَ، وَيُعَجِّلُ الفَنَاءَ. وَامّا الَّتي فِي الآخِرَةِ فَسَخطُ الرَّبِّ، وَسُوءُ الحِسابِ، وَالخُلُودُ فِي النّارِ.
Imam Sadiq (s) narrates from his father having said: For the adulterer there are six chastisement: Three of which occur here and the next three in the other world: The punishments for him in this world are: The loss of light on his face, his poverty, and his unexpected death. His punishments in the other world are: God’s rage, bad record, and entry into the fire.
وَالحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذي لَوْ حَبَسَ عَنْ عِبادِهِ مَعْرِفَةَ حَمْدِهِ عَلى ما أبْلاهُمْ مِنْ مِنَنِهِ المُتَتابِعَةِ، وَأسْبَغَ عَلَيهِم مِنْ نِعَمِهِ المُتَظاهِرَةِ لَتَصَرَّفُوا في مِنَنِهِ فَلَمْ يَحْمَدُهُ، وَتَوَسَّعُوا في رِزْقِهِ فَلَمْ يَشكُرُوهُ؛ وَلَوْ كانُوا كَذلِكَ لَخَرَجُوا مِنْ حُدُودِ الإنْسانِيَّةِ إلى حَدِّ البَهِيميَّةِ فَكانُوا كَما وَصَفَ في مُحْكَمِ كِتابِهِ: إنْ هُمْ إلاّ كَالأنْعامِ بَلْ هُمْ أضَلُّ سَبِيلاً.
All praise is due to Allah who taught His servants how to appreciate His blessings and favors. If the servants were not taught this talent, they would spend God’s assets with no thanks and appreciations. Regarding this, we read in the Holy Quran:
إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا.
“They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path. 25:44”
source : the land of lovers by Professor Hossein Ansarian
