Al-Kafi 4301

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Hashim, from Salim Bin Abu Salama, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘The death presented itself to a man, so it was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! The death has presented itself to so and so’. So Rasool-Allah^saww stood up, and with him^saww were some people from his^saww companions, and went until he^saww came over to him, and there was unconsciousness upon him. So he^saww said: ‘O Angel of death, restrain from the man until I^saww question him’. So the man woke up. So the Prophet^saww said: ‘What did you see?’ He said, ‘I saw a lot of whiteness and a lot of darkness’. He^saww said: ‘So which of the two was nearer to you?’ So he said, ‘The darkness’. So the Prophet^saww said: ‘Say, ‘O Allah^azwj! Forgive me the abudance of my disobedience to You^azwj, and Accept from the little from my obedience to You^azwj’. So he said it’. Then unconsciousness came upon him, so he^saww said: ‘O Angel of death! Lighten from him until I question him’. So the man awoke, and he^saww said: ‘What did you see?’ I saw a lot of whiteness and a lot of darkness’. He^saww said: ‘So which of the two was nearer to you?’ So he said, The whiteness’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘Allah^azwj has Forgiven your companion’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Abu Abdullah^asws said: ‘Whenever you are present with a dying one, so you should be saying to him these words, for him to be saying it’.

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