He -asws said...

He -asws said: ‘When they are fulfilling the Obligations of Allah -ajwj and are taking with the Sunnah (traditions) of Rasool-Allah -saww , and are abstaining from the Prohibitions of Allah -ajwj , and are ascetic regarding the present blossoms of the world, and are desirous regarding what is in the Presence of Allah -ajwj , and earning the good from the sustenance of Allah -ajwj , not intending the pride by it nor the abundance, then are spending in what are the Obligatory rights, so they are those Allah -ajwj has Blessed for them in what they are earning and are being Rewarded upon what they are sending forward for their Hereafter’.

[5] عن عبد الرحيم، قال: قال أبو جعفر (عليه السلام): «إنما أحدكم حين تبلغ نفسه هاهنا، فينزل عليه ملك الموت، فيقول له: أما ما كنت ترجو فقد أعطيته، و أما ما كنت تخافه فقد أمنت منه، و يفتح له باب إلى منزله من الجنة، و يقال له: انظر إلى مسكنك من الجنة، و انظر هذا رسول الله و علي و الحسن و الحسين (عليهم السلام) رفقاؤك، و هو قول الله: الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ كانُوا يَتَّقُونَ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرى فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ From Abdul Rahman said, ‘Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘When the soul of one of you (Shias) reaches over here (throat), so the Angel of Death descends upon him saying to him: ‘As for what you had been hoping for, you will be Given it, and as for what you had been fearing, you would be secured from it’.

And the Gate of the Paradise would be Opened for him to his house in the Paradise, and it is said to him: ‘Look towards your dwelling from the Paradise, and look, this is Rasool-Allah -saww , and Ali -asws , and Al-Hassan -asws , and Al-Husayn -asws , your friends . And these are the Words of Allah -azwj [10:63] Those who had believed and were pious [10:64] For them is good news in the life of the world and in the Hereafter ’.

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