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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Preparing For Eternal Life Chapter Two : Ease Your Sufferings At Death Recommended Acts Shaikh Sadooq quotes from Imam Jafar as-Sadiq [A.S.] that he said: "If a person wishes his last moments should be easy, he should maintain cordial relations with his kith and kin, and should be kind to his parents. Who ever does so, death will be eased, and he will never fall prey to misfortune in his lifetime.

[Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999).] Imam Jafar as-Sadiq [A.S.] said: "For a person who gives clothes to his brother believer during the summer or in the winter, it is incumbent upon Allah to present the dress of Paradise to him, make his end easy, and save him from the narrowness of the grave." [Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999).] Recitation and Duas / Supplications Recitation of particular Surahs of the Quoran are recommended to ease the suffering at death: i) Surah al-Mulk - it has been narrated by the Holy Prophet [S.W.S.] that he strongly urged believers to recite Surah al-Mulk on a very regular basis so that they may learn it by heart.

It is narrated that this surah is of great importance for the time of death, after death, in the grave and during bazarkh. [Sayyid, Hadi Husayn (1988), pg.

49] ii) Surah al-Yaseen [Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999), pg 32] iii) Surah as-Saffat [Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999), pg 32] iv) Surah al-Mo'menoon every Friday iv) Sheikh Kulaini relates from Imam Jafar as-Sadiq [A.S.] that he said, If a person recites Surah az-Zilzal in the Supererogatory Prayers, Allah [S.W.T.] will save him from earthquakes, lightening and the calamities of the land and sky and during death will send him this surah in the form of a handsome youth who will sit beside him and request the Angel of Death to remove his spirit with ease.' [Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999), pg 34] Supplications are also recommended to ease tribulations during death: "Laa ilaaha illallahul L'aleemul kareem Laa ilaaha illaahul a'leeul az'eem.

Subh'aanallahe rabbis samawaatis'sab-e' wa rabbil arz"eenas sab-e' wa maa fihinna wa maa baina hunna wa maa fauqa hunna wa huwa rabbul a'rshil az'eem wal h'amdo lillaahe rabbil a'alameen." [Qummi, Shaikh Abbas (1999), pg 32] Shaikh Kat'ami quotes the Holy Prophet [S.W.S] that he said a person who recites the following supplication 10 times daily, Allah [S.W.T.] will forgive 4 thousand major sins of his, after him refuge from one lac calamities at the time of death, the squeeze in the grave and Qiyamat.