The Sufficient (Vol 3) · Hadith 865 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى تَطَوَّلَ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ بِثَلاَثٍ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ بَعْدَ الرُّوحِ وَلَوْ لاَ ذَلِكَ مَا دَفَنَ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيماً وَأَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلْوَةَ وَلَوْ لاَ ذَلِكَ لاَنْقَطَعَ النَّسْلُ وَأَلْقَى عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ الدَّابَّةَ وَلَوْ لاَ ذَلِكَ لَكَنَزَهَا مُلُوكُهُمْ كَمَا يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said that Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, has granted people three favors: He has made dead bodies to give out foul smell; otherwise, no friend would ever bury a friend. He has made solace to take effect; otherwise, reproduction would halt. He has assigned a creature over this grain (to destroy it); otherwise, the kings would store (hoard) them as gold and silver are treasured (in hiding).”

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