الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 7, page 174

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Isnail Bin Bazie, from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, from his father who said, Abu Ja’far asws said: ‘A Limit ( Hadd ) which is established in the earth is more purifying therein than the rain of forty nights and days’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ahmad Bin Mahran, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Musa Bin Sa’dan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ibrahim asws (7 th Imam asws ) regarding the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [57:17] (Know that Allah) Revives the earth after its death . He asws said: ‘He azwj does not Revive it with the drops (of rain), but Allah azwj Sends men, so they are reviving the justice. Thus the earth gets revived with the revival of the justice, and the establishment of the Limits of Allah azwj is more beneficial in the earth than the drops (of rain) of forty days’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said; ‘Establishment of the Limit ( Hadd ) is better than the rain of forty mornings’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Amro Bin Usman, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Rabat, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The Prophet saww said to Sa’ad Bin Ubada that Allah azwj Made a Penalty ( Hadd ) for everything, and Made a Penalty ( Hadd ) to be upon everyone who transgresses a Limit ( Hadd ) from the Limits of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic, and Made what was less than the four witnesses as a veil upon the Muslims’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.