al-kafi 15378

Translation

<a id="_Toc492473726">H 15036</a> – Aban Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, from the one who reported it: <span class="first-chapter-phrase"><span class="first-in-chapter character-a">‘A</span>bu Ja’far</span>^asws has said: ‘When Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Took Ibrahim^as as a friend, Gave him^as good news in private. The Angel of Death came up to him^as in the image of a young white man, wearing two white robes, with water and oil dripping from his head. So Ibrahim^as entered the house, but welcomed him outside the house. And Ibrahim^as was an honourable (Ghayour) man, and whenever he^as went out for a need, he^as would lock his^as door, and takes its keys with him^as. Then he^as would return and open it. So there was the man (Angel of Death) standing there, as handsome as a man can be. So he^as grabbed his hand and said: ‘O servant of Allah^azwj, who entered you into my^as house?’ He said: ‘Its Lord^azwj Made me enter it’. So he^as said: ‘Its Lord^azwj is more deserving of it than I^as am. So who are you?’ He said: ‘I am the Angel of death’. Ibrahim^as panicked and said: ‘You have come to me^as to capture my^as soul?’ He said: ‘No. Allah^azwj has Taken a servant as a friend, so I have come to give the good news to him^as. He^as said: ‘So who is he^as? I^as would like to serve him^as until I^as die’. He said: ‘You^as are him^as’. So he^as came up to Sara and said to her: ‘Allah^azwj Blessed and High has Taken me^as as a friend!’

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