قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَبْغَضَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ الْمُعَايَنَةِ إِذَا رَأَى مَا يُحِبُّ فَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ وَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ لِقَاءَهُ وَ هُوَ يُحِبُّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ حِينَئِذٍ وَ إِذَا رَأَى مَا يَكْرَهُ فَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ لِقَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ يُبْغِضُ لِقَاءَهُ .
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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid and Al Husayn Bin Saeed, altogether from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Abdul Samad Bin Basheer, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Keep you<sup>asws</sup> well! The one who loves to meet Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Loves to meet him, and the one who hates meeting Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Hate to meet him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I dislike the death’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘That is not where you are going with it. But rather, that is during the eye-witnessing when he sees what he loves. So there would be nothing more beloved to him than him proceeding, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Exalted would Love to meet him, and he would love to meet Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, then and there. And when he sees what he dislikes, so there would be nothing more hateful to him than meeting Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Hate to meet him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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