قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا حِيلَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْكَلَامِ أَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ مَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ الْآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَمَّا مَا كُنْتَ تَرْجُو فَهُوَ ذَا أَمَامَكَ وَ أَمَّا مَا كُنْتَ تَخَافُ مِنْهُ فَقَدْ أَمِنْتَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ يُفْتَحُ لَهُ بَابٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ هَذَا مَنْزِلُكَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ رَدَدْنَاكَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا وَ لَكَ فِيهَا ذَهَبٌ وَ فِضَّةٌ فَيَقُولُ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِي الدُّنْيَا فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ يَبْيَضُّ لَوْنُهُ وَ يَرْشَحُ جَبِينُهُ وَ تَقَلَّصُ شَفَتَاهُ وَ تَنْتَشِرُ مَنْخِرَاهُ وَ تَدْمَعُ عَيْنُهُ الْيُسْرَى فَأَيَّ هَذِهِ الْعَلَامَاتِ رَأَيْتَ فَاكْتَفِ بِهَا فَإِذَا خَرَجَتِ النَّفْسُ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ فَيُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ وَ هِيَ فِي الْجَسَدِ فَتَخْتَارُ الْآخِرَةَ فَتُغَسِّلُهُ فِيمَنْ يُغَسِّلُهُ وَ تُقَلِّبُهُ فِيمَنْ يُقَلِّبُهُ فَإِذَا أُدْرِجَ فِي أَكْفَانِهِ وَ وُضِعَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ خَرَجَتْ رُوحُهُ تَمْشِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِي الْقَوْمِ قُدُماً وَ تَلْقَاهُ أَرْوَاحُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُبَشِّرُونَهُ بِمَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ فَإِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ رُدَّ إِلَيْهِ الرُّوحُ إِلَى وَرِكَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَعْلَمُ فَإِذَا جَاءَ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ فُتِحَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ الْبَابُ الَّذِي أَرَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَيَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ نُورِهَا وَ ضَوْئِهَا وَ بَرْدِهَا وَ طِيبِ رِيحِهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَأَيْنَ ضَغْطَةُ الْقَبْرِ فَقَالَ هَيْهَاتَ مَا عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضَ لَتَفْتَخِرُ عَلَى هَذِهِ فَيَقُولُ وَطِئَ عَلَى ظَهْرِي مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَمْ يَطَأْ عَلَى ظَهْرِكِ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ تَقُولُ لَهُ الْأَرْضُ وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّكَ وَ أَنْتَ تَمْشِي عَلَى ظَهْرِي فَأَمَّا إِذَا وُلِّيتُكَ فَسَتَعْلَمُ مَا ذَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَ فَتَفْسَحُ لَهُ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Kjalid Bin Umara, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When there is a cessation between him and the speech, Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> comes over to him along with the one whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Desires. So Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> would get seated on his right, and the other one<sup>asws</sup> on his left, and Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> would be saying to him: ‘As for what you were desiring for, so it is in front of you, and as for what you used to fear from, so you are safe from it’. Then the Door to the Paradise is opened up for him, and they<sup>asws</sup> would be saying: ‘This is your house from the Paradise, and if you so desire to, we<sup>asws</sup> can return you to the world and for you would be gold and silver therein’. So he would be saying, ‘There is no need for me with regards to the world’. Thus, during that, his colour would whiten, and his forehead would drip, his lips would shrivel, and his nostrils would spread, and his left eye would fill up with tears. So whichever of these signs you see, suffice with it. So when the soul comes out from the body, it (the world and the Hereafter) would be displayed to it just as it had been displayed to him when it was in the body, and he would choose the Hereafter. So you would wash him among the ones who wash him, and turn him over among the ones who turn him over. So when he is enshrouded in his shroud and placed upon his bed, his soul comes out walking in front of the people ahead, and the souls of the Believers meet him, greeting him, and giving him glad tidings with what Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Majestic is His<sup>azwj</sup> Praise has Prepared for him, from the Bounties. So when he is placed in his grave, the soul is returned to him up to his knees. Then he is asked about what he knows. So when he comes with what he knows, that Door which Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> had shown would be opened up for him, and there would enter upon him, its light, and its illumiation, and its coolness, and its aromatic fragrances’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! So where is the squeezing of the grave?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Far be it! There is nothing upon the Believers from it. This earth would pride upon this, and it would be saying, ‘A Believer trod upon my back and a Believer did not tread upon you’, and the earth would be saying to it, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I used to love you when you were walking upon my back. So when I loved you, then you shall soon come to know what I would be doing with you’. So it expands for him to the extent of his vision’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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