He -asws said: ‘There is no problem upon her, for I -asws have supplicated to Allah -azwj with well-being for her. So return to her, and you will find her seated, and the maid would be feeding her Al-Tabarzad’.
قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهَا مُبَادِراً فَوَجَدْتُهَا قَدْ أَفَاقَتْ وَ هِيَ قَاعِدَةٌ وَ الْخَادِمَةُ تُلْقِمُهَا الطَّبَرْزَدَ فَقُلْتُ مَا حَالُكِ قَالَتْ قَدْ صَبَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ الْعَافِيَةَ صَبّاً وَ قَدِ اشْتَهَيْتُ هَذَا السُّكَّرَ He said, ‘I returned to her and found her to have awoken, and she was seated, and the maid was feeding her Al-Tabarzad.
I said, ‘What is your state?’ She said, ‘Allah -azwj has Poured the well-being upon me with a pouring, and I desired this sugar (sweet dish)’.
فَقُلْتُ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِكِ آيِساً فَسَأَلَنِي الصَّادِقُ عَنْكِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِحَالِكِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْهَا ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَهِيَ تَأْكُلُ السُّكَّرَ قَالَتْ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِي وَ أَنَا أَجُودُ بِنَفْسِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ مُمَصَّرَانِ قَالَ مَا لَكِ قُلْتُ أَنَا مَيِّتَةٌ وَ هَذَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ قَدْ جَاءَ يَقْبِضُ رُوحِي I said, ‘I had gone out from your presence having despaired. Al-Sadiq -asws asked me about you.
I informed him -asws with your state. He -asws said: ‘There is no problem upon her. Return to her and she would be eating the sugar (sweet dish)’. She said, ‘You went out from me and I was finding my last breath. A man entered to see me having two dyed clothes upon him. He said, ‘What is the matter with you?’ I said, ‘I am dying, and this here is the Angel of death having come to capture my soul’.
فَقَالَ يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْإِمَامُ قَالَ أَ لَسْتَ أُمِرْتَ بِالسَّمْعِ وَ الطَّاعَةِ لَنَا قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنِّي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تُؤَخِّرَ أَمْرَهَا عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ السَّمْعَ وَ الطَّاعَةَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ هُوَ وَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَأَفَقْتُ مِنْ سَاعَتِي. He said: ‘O Angel of death!’ He said, ‘At your service, O Imam -asws !’ He -asws said: ‘Haven’t you been Commanded with the listening and the obedience to us -asws ?’ He said, ‘Yes’.
He said, ‘So I -asws am hereby ordering you to delay her matter for twenty years’. He said, ‘The listening and the obeying!’ He -asws and the Angel of death returned, and I awoke from that time’’.