A number of our companions...

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al hakam, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘My -asws father -asws said to me -asws : ‘O Ja’far -asws ! Dedicate to me -asws from my -asws such and such wealth for the lamenters to lament me -asws for ten years at Mina in the days of Mina’. [1] وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ ثَوَابٌ إِلَّا الدَّمْعَةَ فِينَا.

It is narrated that: Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘There is a (known) reward for every act (of worship) except for shedding tears regarding us -asws . [2] Introduction: A non-believer, or hypocrite, will be squeezed and his soul will be extracted aggressively and very painfully, as per several well-known Ahadith [3] .

However, for a devout believer ‘Momin’, the angel of death will be very kind to him, e.g., وسئل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ” كيف يتوفى ملك الموت المؤمن؟ فقال: إن ملك الموت ليقف من المؤمن عند موته موقف العبد الذليل من المولى فيقوم وأصحابه لا يدنو منه حتى يبدأه بالتسليم ويبشره بالجنة “. Rasool-Allah -saww was asked: How would the angel of death treat a momin?

He -saww replied: The angel of death appears and stands in front of a believer near his time of death; the angle acts like a submissive slave would do in front of his master. And do not initiate his extraction of soul, until the believer agrees to go to heavens with him.

[4] The Last moments of the dying person: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الشَّعِيرِيِّ وَ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ فِي تَوْجِيهِ الْمَيِّتِ تَسْتَقْبِلُ بِوَجْهِهِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَ تَجْعَلُ قَدَمَيْهِ مِمَّا يَلِي الْقِبْلَةَ .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Al Shaeery and someone else, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said regarding making the deceased to face by his face towards the Qibla: ‘You should make his feet from what follows the Qibla’.

[5] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِذَا عَسُرَ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ مَوْتُهُ وَ نَزْعُهُ قُرِّبَ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ .

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