7-49 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf, on the authority of someone, on the authority of Mandel ibn Ali al-Enzi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Motrif, on the authority of Mosma’, on the authority of Al-Asbaq ibn al-Nobatat, on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “If the Honorable the Exalted God becomes angry with a nation and doesn’t destroy them, He will bring about inflation; shorten their lives; bring loss to their trade; reduce the amount of fruit grown on their trees; reduce the amount of water flowing in their streams; withhold rain from them; and the wicked ones will overcome them.”