Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘When the death is difficult upon the dying one and is snatching him, so take him closer to his prayer-mat which he was praying Salaat in’.
[6] What to Recite When the Soul is about to Leave the body: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ يَقُولُ لِابْنِهِ الْقَاسِمِ قُمْ يَا بُنَيَّ فَاقْرَأْ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ أَخِيكَ وَ الصَّافَّاتِ صَفّاً حَتَّى تَسْتَتِمَّهَا فَقَرَأَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَ هُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنا قَضَى الْفَتَى Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Musa Bin Al Hassan, from Suleyman Al Ja’fary who said, ‘I saw Abu Al-Hassan -asws saying to his -asws son Al-Qasim: ‘Arise O my -asws son, and recite by the head of your (dying) brother [37:1] I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks (i.e., Chapter 37) until you complete it’.
So he recited, and when he reached [37:11] Then ask them whether they were more difficult (for Us) to Create or those (others) whom We have Created , the youth expired. فَلَمَّا سُجِّيَ وَ خَرَجُوا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ كُنَّا نَعْهَدُ الْمَيِّتَ إِذَا نُزِلَ بِهِ يُقْرَأُ عِنْدَهُ يس. وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ وَ صِرْتَ تَأْمُرُنَا بِالصَّافَّاتِ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ عَبْدٌ مَكْرُوبٌ مِنْ مَوْتٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا عَجَّلَ اللَّهُ رَاحَتَهُ .
So when he was shrouded and they went out, Yaqoub Bin Ja’far turned towards him -asws and said to him -asws , ‘We used to entrust the deceased, when we are with him, reciting in his presence [36:1] Ya Seen [36:2] I swear by the Wise Quran (i.e. Chapter 36) and you -asws have come ordering us with Al-Saffaat (Chapter 37)?’ So he -asws said: ‘O my -asws son! It would not be recited for one who is suffering from death at all, except that Allah -azwj would Hasten his departure’.