Hadith 161

id to them: “Die! ” Then He Revived them; [2: 243]. They were seventy thousand household, and the plague used to occur among them every year. So the rich ones would go out due to their (financial) strength, and the poor ones would remain due to their weakness. Thus the plague was little among the ones who had gone out and was a lot among the one who had stayed. So the ones who stayed, said, ‘If only we had gone out, the plague would not have afflicted us’. And the ones who had gone out, said, ‘If we had stayed, it would have afflicted us just as it has afflicted them’. They united upon that they would all be going out altogether from their houses. When it was the time of the plague, they all went out and descended at the coast of a sea. When they had placed down their luggage, Allah-azwj Called out to them: “Die! ” They all died. The pedestrians swept them away from the road. They remained with that for as long as Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desired. Then someone from the Prophets-as of the children of Israel called Irmiah-as passed by them. He-as said: ‘If You-azwj so Desire, O Lord-azwj, You-azwj could Revive them, so they would build Your‑azwj city and give birth to Your-azwj servants and worship You-azwj along with the ones worshipping You-azwj’. Allah-azwj the Exalted Revealed to him-as: ‘Would you love it if I-azwj were to Revive them for you‑as? ” He-as said: ‘Yes’. So Allah-azwj Revived them for him-as and Resurrected them with him‑as. They had died and they returned to the world, then they died with their terms. And Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Or the like the one who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: ‘How will Allah Revive this after its death? ’ So, Allah Caused him to die for a hundred years, then Resurrected him. He said: “How long did you tarry? ” He said: ‘I tarried for a day, or a part of a day’. He Said: “But, You tarried for a hundred years, so look at your food and your drink – they did not age, and look at your donkey; and in order for Us to Make you a Sign for the people. And look at the bones, how We Set them together, then We Clothed these with flesh”. So when it was clear to him, he said: ‘I know that Allah is Able over all things’. [2: 259]. So this one died for a hundred years and returned to the world and remained in it, then he-as died with his-as term, and he-as is Uzeyr-as. And Allah-azwj the Exalted Said in the story of the chosen ones from the people of Musa-as to an appointment of his-as Lord-azwj. Then We Resurrected you from after your death that you may be grateful [2: 56]. That is due to what they had heard from the Speech of Allah-azwj. They said, ‘We will not ratify until we see Allah manifestly, so the thunderbolt seized you and you were looking on [2: 55], due to their injustices. So they died. Musa-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! What shall I-as be saying to the children of Israel when I-as return to them? ’ So Allah-azwj Revived them for him-as. They returned to the world, ate, and drank, and they married the women and children were born for them. Then they died with their terms. And Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said to Isa-as: “And when you-as revived the dead by My-azwj Permission! ”, and entirety of the dead, the ones whom Isa-as had revived by the Permission of Allah-azwj, had returned to the world and remained in it, then they died with their terms. And companions of the cave, And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and an increase of nine [18: 25]. Then Allah-azwj Resurrected them, so they returned to the world, and they asked between them, and their story is famous. If a speaker were to say, ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: And you would reckon them as awake, and they are asleep, [18: 18], it would be said, ‘They were dead, and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: They would be saying, ‘O woe be unto us! Who Resurrected us from our sleeping-places? ’ (The Angels would say): ‘This is what the Beneficent Promised, and the Rasools spoke the truth’ [36: 52]’. And if they were to say like that, then they were dead, and similar to this is a lot. The Raj’at has happened in the previous communities: –
And the Prophet-s