Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Things that Believers and Unbelievers See in Dying Conditions َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَالْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّ٠َدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله ٠َنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ الله أَحَبَّ الله لِقَاءَهُ وَ٠َنْ أَبْغَضَ لِقَاءَ الله أَبْغَضَ الله لِقَاءَهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قُلْتُ فَوَ الله إِنَّا لَنَكْرَهُ الْ٠َوْتَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ إِنَّ٠َا ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ الْ٠ُعَايَنَةِ إِذَا رَأَى ٠َا يُحِبُّ فَلَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ ٠ِنْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّ٠َ وَالله تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ لِقَاءَهُ وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ لِقَاءَ الله حِينَئِذٍ وَإِذَا رَأَى ٠َا يَكْرَهُ فَلَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ ٠ِنْ لِقَاءِ الله وَالله يُبْغِضُ لِقَاءَهُ.

That happens upon observation. When one sees what he loves, then there is nothing more beloved to him than to advance forward and Allah, the Most High, loves to meet him and he loves to meet Allah at such time. When one sees things that he does not like, then there is nothing more to his dislike than meeting Allah and Allah dislikes meeting him.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/295))