Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 3721

It is narrated from Sinan bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) set out towards Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with them both), we went out with him. Jarir bin Sahm al-Tamimi was reciting these verses of poetry in front of him: "O my horse, go forth and head for Syria / cross the sand dunes and the mountains, and fight the one who has opposed the Imam / I hope that if this year we meet the rabble of Banu Umayyah / we will kill the rebels and their chiefs and wipe out (false) men." When we reached al-Mada'in, Jarir said: "The winds have blown over the traces of their dwellings and effaced them, as though they had all gathered by appointment (to depart)." The narrator says: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: O brother of Banu Tamim! What did you say? He recited the same verse again, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Why did you not say: 'How many gardens and springs did they leave behind, and crops and noble dwellings, and comfort in which they used to delight! Thus it was, and We made another people inherit them.' [Surah al-Dukhan: 25 - 28] O my brother! These people were once heirs, and then they became those who were inherited from (that is, their wealth and goods passed to others). They were ungrateful for the blessings, so punishment descended upon them." Then he said: "Beware of ingratitude for blessings, or else punishment will descend upon you too."
This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration.