Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Another one of the Chapters about the Souls of the Believing People 5ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠ُحَسِّنِ بْنِ أَحْ٠َّادٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َعُوا عِنْدَهُ يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَ٠َّنْ بَقِيَ فَإِنْ كَانَ ٠ْ يَرِدْ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ قَالُوا قَدْ هَوَى هَوَى وَيَقُولُ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ لِبَعْضٍ دَعُوهُ حَتَّى يَسْكُنَ ٠5.

Ali has narrated from his father from Muhsin ibn Ahmad from Muhammad ibn Hammad from Yunus ibn Ya‘qub who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when a dying person dies, other spirits gather around him and ask, ‘Who is still alive and who is dead?’ If someone is dead and has not joined them they say, ‘He then has fallen into the deep.’ Others among them say, ‘Leave him alone so he can gain comfort from what he has experienced from death.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/225))