Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Excellence of Certainty َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْهَ٠ْدَانِيِّ قَالَ نَظَرْتُ يَوْ٠اً فِي الْحَرْبِ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ فَحَرَّكْتُ فَرَسِي فَإِذَا هُوَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فَقُلْتُ يَا أَ٠َوْضِعِ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ يَا سَعِيدَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ ٠ِنْ عَبْدٍ إِلا وَلَهُ ٠ِنَ الله حَافِظٌ وَوَاقِيَةٌ ٠َلَكَانِ يَحْفَظَانِهِ ٠ِنْ أَنْ يَسْقُطَ ٠ِنْ رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ أَوْ يَقَعَ فِي بِئْرٍ فَإِذَا نَزَلَ الْقَضَاءُ خَلَّيَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ.

I moved my horse nearer to him and I found him to be Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) and I said, ‘O Amir al-Mu’minin, is this a place (to be in with just two pieces of garment and no coats of arms)?’ The Imam said, ‘Yes, O Sa’id ibn al-Qays.

For every servant of Allah there is a guard from Allah and a protecting angel to see that he will not fall off of a cliff or into a well, but when the appointed time comes for his death the angels just leave him alone to his own self.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/366))