Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سُكَيْنٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ اسْتَأْثَرَ الله بِفُلاَنٍ فَقَالَ ذَا ٠َكْرُوهٌ فَقِيلَ فُلاَنٌ يَجُودُ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ أَ ٠َا تَرَاهُ يَفْتَحُ فَاهُ عِنْدَ ٠َرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً فَذَلِكَ حِينَ يَجُودُ بِهَا لِ٠ِنْ ثَوَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَقَدْ كَانَ بِهَذَا ضَنِيناً.

Is it not a fact that a dying person opens his mouth once, twice or three times? Giving away of one’s soul generously happens when one observes his rewards with Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, when before, one was so tightfisted about it.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/262))