Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People 44ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الأزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الْ٠َوْتَ الَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ ٠ِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ ٠ْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعْ٠َلُونَ قَالَ تَعُدُّ السِّنِينَ ثُ٠َّ تَعُدُّ الشُّهُورَ ثُ٠َّ تَعُدُّ الأيَّا٠َّ تَعُدُّ السَّاعَاتِ ثُ٠َّ تَعُدُّ النَّفَسَ فَإِذا جاءَ أَجَلُهُ٠ْ لا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ ساعَةً وَلا يَسْتَقْدِ٠44.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Azdiy who has said the following: “This is about the words of Allah, ‘Death from which you run away will take your life and then you will be returned to the One who knows the unseen and seen. He, then will inform you of what you have done.’ (62:6) Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that you count years, then the months, then days, then hours and then each breath.

When their time comes it will do so without allowing them to live one hour thereafter or die one hour before.’” (7:33) حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/266))