The Destruction
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي خُطْبَتِهِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ الَّتِي تُعَجِّلُ الْفَنَاءَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَ وَ تَكُونُ ذُنُوبٌ تُعَجِّلُ الْفَنَاءَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَيْلَكَ قَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ لَيَجْتَمِعُونَ وَ يَتَوَاسَوْنَ وَ هُمْ فَجَرَةٌ فَيَرْزُقُهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ لَيَتَفَرَّقُونَ وَ يَقْطَعُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً فَيَحْرِمُهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ هُمْ أَتْقِيَاءُ
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, raising it from Abu Hamza Al Sumaly who said,
Amir Al-Momineen-asws said in a sermon of his-asws: ‘I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from the sins which hasten the destruction’. So Abdullah Bin Al-Kawwa Al-Yashkuriy stood up to him-asws, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! And can the sins happen to hasten the destruction?’ So he-asws said: ‘Yes, woe be unto you, (it is the) severing of the relationships. If the people of the household are gathering and co-operating with each other, while they are immoral, Allah-azwj would Grace them, and if the people of the household are separating and cutting off from each other, Allah-azwj would Deprive them while they are pious’.[1]
[1] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 142 H 7