1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ya’qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Hisham b. al-Hakam from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “There was a man in the former times who sought the worldly matters by permissible means but was not able to. So, he sought it by prohibited means, but he was not able to. So, Satan came up to him and said, ‘O you! You have sought the worldly matters from permissible means, but you were not able to, and sought it by prohibited means but you were not able to. Shall I direct you to a thing by which your world would be abundant, and you would have abundant followers?’ He said, ‘Of course!’ Shaytan said, ‘Innovate a Religion and invite the people towards it’. So, he did it and the people obeyed him, and he secured (a lot) from the world. Then he pondered and said, ‘What thing have I done? I innovated a religion and invited people to it. I do not see repentance for myself except that I should come to the ones I invited and return them back’. So, he went to his companions who had responded to him, and he said, 'Indeed, that which I have invited to is false, but rather it was I who innovated it and made it up’. So, they went on to say, ‘You are lying! But it is the truth, you are doubting in your religion, so you have returned (to falsehood)’. So, when he saw that, he deliberately chained himself, and pegged it to the ground, and chained himself around his neck, and said, 'I will remain in this condition until Allah forgives me’. The Almighty Allah sent one of His prophets to him and told him to convey the message to the person, 'I swear by My honor that I am not going to forgive you even if you repent so much that the joints of your body are cut. If the person wants to be forgiven, he should bring back to life those people who died on his religion and bring them back (to truth).’.