Hadith 825
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Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid (rh) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us from Ya`qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Hisham b. Salim. He said
Abu `Abdillah (as) said: A community went to a prophet of theirs and said: Ask your Lord to alleviate us from death. So, he asked on their behalf, and Allah alleviated them from death. They multiplied until their homes became narrow for them. The lineages proliferated. A man would wake up and he would need to feed his father, his mother, his grandfather, his grandfather’s grandfather, and take care of them. They became too busy to seek a livelihood. So, they went to him and said: Ask your Lord to return death to us. So, he asked his Lord, and death returned to them.
2 - حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، قال
قال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام) إن قوما أتوا نبيا لهم فقالوا: أدع لنا ربك (2) يرفع عنا الموت، فدعا لهم فرفع الله تبارك وتعالى عنهم الموت، وكثروا حتى ضاقت بهم المنازل، وكثر النسل، وكان الرجل يصبح فيحتاج أن يطعم أباه وأمه وجده وجد جده ويوضيهم ويتعاهدهم، فشغلوا عن طلب المعاش، فأتوه فقالوا: سل ربك أن يردنا إلى آجالنا التي كنا عليها، فسأل ربه عز وجل فردهم إلى آجالهم (1).