So I went over to him one day and he was in the transit (about to die).
So I went over to him one day and he was in the transit (about to die). So he opened his eyes, then said to me, ‘O Ali! By Allah -azwj , your Master -asws has kept his -asws promise to me’. Then he died. فَتَوَلَّيْنَا أَمْرَهُ فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ وَفَيْنَا وَ اللَّهِ لِصَاحِبِكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ صَدَقْتَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَكَذَا وَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ .
So we looked after his affairs (funeral etc.) and I came out until I went over to Abu Abdullah -asws . So when he -asws looked at me, he -asws said: ‘O Ali! By Allah -azwj , we -asws have kept our -asws promise to your companion’. So I said, ‘You -asws have spoken the truth, may I be sacrificed for you -asws ! By Allah -azwj , this is how he said to me at the time of his death’.
[21] In a similar Hadith, Imam-asws guarantees the Paradise for a believer, الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ كَانَ لِي جَارٌ يَتَّبِعُ السُّلْطَانَ فَأَصَابَ مَالًا فَأَعَدَّ قِيَاناً وَ كَانَ يَجْمَعُ الْجَمِيعَ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَشْرَبُ الْمُسْكِرَ وَ يُؤْذِينِي فَشَكَوْتُهُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمْ يَنْتَهِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَلْحَحْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا هَذَا أَنَا رَجُلٌ مُبْتَلًى وَ أَنْتَ رَجُلٌ مُعَافًى فَلَوْ عَرَضْتَنِي لِصَاحِبِكَ رَجَوْتُ أَنْ يُنْقِذَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِكَ فَوَقَعَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فِي قَلْبِي Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moalla Bin Muhammad, from some of his companions, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘There was a neighbour of ours who followed (the biddings of) the ruling authorities, so he attained wealth.
So he used to prepare (hold parties), female singers, and they all used to gather to him and drink the wine, and it used to bother me. So I complained to him repeatedly, but he did not end it. So when I was insistent upon it, so he said to me, ‘O you! I am an afflicted man and you are a healthy man. So if you would present me to your Master -asws , I am hopeful that Allah -azwj would Rescue me through you’. So that occurred in my heart.