People Protected from Misfortune

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ضَنَائِنَ يَضَنُّ بِهِمْ عَنِ الْبَلَاءِ[2] فَيُحْيِيهِمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ يَرْزُقُهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ يُمِيتُهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ يَبْعَثُهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ يُسْكِنُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub and others from abu Hamza from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, is protective of certain people against misfortunes. He gives them life

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ خَلْقاً ضَنَّ بِهِمْ عَنِ الْبَلَاءِ خَلَقَهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ أَحْيَاهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ أَمَاتَهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ أَدْخَلَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ.

“I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has created a creature that He is very acquisitively protective of. He has created them in peace and security, grants them life in peace and security, causes them to die in peace and security and will admit them in paradise in peace and sec

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ضَنَائِنَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ يَغْذُوهُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ وَ يَحْبُوهُمْ بِعَافِيَتِهِ وَ يُدْخِلُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ تَمُرُّ بِهِمُ الْبَلَايَا وَ الْفِتَنُ لَا تَضُرُّهُمْ شَيْئاً.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad all from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from ibn al-Qaddah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, is very protective of certain people in His creatures. He feeds the