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He said, ‘And Al-Kufa clamoured with the crying and the lamenting, and the women came out following it with slapping (the faces) out of regret. Al-Hassan -asws forbade them from crying and ululating, and returned them to their places, and Al-Husayn -asws was saying ‘There is neither any might nor strength except with Allah -azwj , the Exalted, the Magnificent! We are for Allah -azwj and are returning to Him -azwj ! O father -asws ! Oh, breaking of the back!
From your -asws reason I -asws learnt to cry! To Allah -azwj is the complaint!’ في اعتقادات الامامية للصدوق وَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع: قِيلَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع مَا الْمَوْتُ قَالَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَنَزْعِ ثِيَابٍ وَسِخَةٍ قَمِلَةٍ وَ فَكِّ قُيُودٍ وَ أَغْلَالٍ ثَقِيلَةٍ وَ الِاسْتِبْدَالِ بِأَفْخَرِ الثِّيَابِ وَ أَطْيَبِهَا رَوَائِحَ وَ أَوْطَإِ الْمَرَاكِبِ وَ آنَسِ الْمَنَازِلِ In Itiqadaat Al-Imamiya of Al-Sadouq – ‘It was said to Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws , ‘What is the death?’ He -asws said: ‘The death for the Momin is like the removing of the dirty clothes, and lice, and lifting of the constraints and heavy shackles, and to be replaced by the finest garments and best fragrance, and easier rides and lovely houses .
وَ لِلْكَافِرِ كَخَلْعِ ثِيَابٍ فَاخِرَةٍ وَ النَّقْلِ عَنْ مَنَازِلَ أَنِيسَةٍ وَ الِاسْتِبْدَالِ بِأَوْسَخِ الثِّيَابِ وَ أَخْشَنِهَا وَ أَوْحَشِ الْمَنَازِلِ وَ أَعْظَمِ الْعَذَابِ. And for the Kafir, it is like the removal of luxurious garments, and being transferred from lovely houses, and to be replaced by the dirtiest garments, rougher than it, and horrible houses, and the mighty Punishment.
[18] There is no Barzkh (waiting prior to Accounting) for a Believer وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حِيلَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْكَلَامِ أَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَجَلَسَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ يَأْتِي عَلِيٌّ ع فَجَلَسَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ And from him -asws having said: ‘Then Momin, when there is a barrier between him and the talking (at death), Rasool-Allah -saww comes to him. He -saww sits on his right, and Ali -asws comes and sits on his left.
فَيَقُولُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَمَّا مَا كُنْتَ تَرْجُو فَهُوَ أَمَامَكَ وَ أَمَّا مَا كُنْتَ تَخَافُهُ فَقَدْ أَمِنْتَهُ Rasool-Allah -saww says to him: ‘As for what you had been hoping for, it is in front of you, and as for what you had been fearing, you have been secured from it’.
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