Al-Kafi 4329

Translation

From him, from Yunus, from Al Haysam Bin Waqid, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^saww went over to a man from his^saww companions and he was in his last breaths. So he^saww said: ‘O Angel of death! Be kind to my^saww companions for he is a Believer’. So he said, ‘Receive glad tidings, O Muhammad^saww, for I am kind with every Believer, and know, O Muhammad^saww, I capture the soul of a son of Adam^as and his family members panic. So I stand in a corner of their room and I am saying: ‘What is this panic? By Allah^azwj! We do not hasten it before its term and there is no sin for us with regards to its capture. So if you were to be considerate and observe patience, you would be Recompensed, and if you were to panic, you would be sinning be burdened, and you know that there is a return for us regarding you, then a (another) return. So the caution is the caution. There is neither a family in the east nor in the west, urban or rural, except that I scan them five times during every day, and I am more knowing of their young ones and their elder ones than their own selves are, and had I wanted to capture the soul of a fly, I would not have the ability over it until my Lord^azwj were to Command me with it’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘But rather, he (the Angel of death) scans them during the timings of the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span>. So if he was from the ones who were regular upon it during its timings, he indoctrinates him with, ‘There is no god except for Allah^azwj and that Muhammad^saww is Rasool-Allah^saww’, and the Angel of death would prevent Iblees^la from him’.

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