Hadith 15

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Riab, and Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far-asws about the four winds – Al Shimal, and Al Janoub, and Al-Saba, and Al Dabour, and I said to him-asws, ‘They people are mentioned that Al Shimal is from the Paradise, and the Janoub is from the Fire’. He-asws said: ‘For Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic there are armies of winds He-azwj Punishes by these the one He-azwj so Desires to, from the ones who disobey Him-azwj. For every wind from these there is an Angel Allocated with it. When Allah-azwj, Mighty is His-azwj Mention, Wants to Punish a people with a type of the Punishment, He-azwj Reveals to the Angel Allocated with that type of wind which He-azwj Wants to Punish them with’. He-asws said: ‘He-azwj Commands the Angel, so it rages like the angry lion’. And he-asws said: ‘And for every wind from these there is a name. Have you not heard Words of the Mighty and Majestic: (People of) Ad belied, so how was My Punishment and Warning? [54: 18] We Sent upon them a wind (called) Sarsar, during a Day of continuous bad luck [54: 19]. And Said: the Al-Aqeem wind [51: 41]. And Said: a (blast of) wind wherein is a painful Punishment [46: 24]. And Said: Then a tornado in which is fire, hits it, so it gets incinerated [2: 266]. And (others) from winds which have not been Mentioned by which Allah-azwj Punishes the ones who disobey Him-azwj’. He–asws said: ‘And Allah–azwj Mighty is His–azwj mention has winds of Mercy which occur, and others besides that which He–azwj Displays His–azwj Mercy. From these is that which incites clouds for the rain, and from these is a wind which holds up the clouds in between the sky and the earth, and the winds which squeeze the clouds so they make rain by the Permission of Allah–azwj, and from these are winds which Allah–azwj has Counted i