قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) إِنَّ ابْنَ آدَمَ إِذَا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ الْآخِرَةِ مُثِّلَ لَهُ مَالُهُ وَ وَلَدُهُ وَ عَمَلُهُ فَيَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى مَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَلَيْكَ حَرِيصاً شَحِيحاً فَمَا لِي عِنْدَكَ فَيَقُولُ خُذْ مِنِّي كَفَنَكَ قَالَ فَيَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى وَلَدِهِ فَيَقُولُ وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَكُمْ مُحِبّاً وَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ مُحَامِياً فَمَا ذَا لِي عِنْدَكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ نُؤَدِّيكَ إِلَى حُفْرَتِكَ نُوَارِيكَ فِيهَا قَالَ فَيَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى عَمَلِهِ فَيَقُولُ وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِيكَ لَزَاهِداً وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ عَلَيَّ لَثَقِيلًا فَمَا ذَا عِنْدَكَ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا قَرِينُكَ فِي قَبْرِكَ وَ يَوْمِ نَشْرِكَ حَتَّى أُعْرَضَ أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ قَالَ فَإِنْ كَانَ لِلَّهِ وَلِيّاً أَتَاهُ أَطْيَبُ النَّاسِ رِيحاً وَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ مَنْظَراً وَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ رِيَاشاً فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِرَوْحٍ وَ رَيْحَانٍ وَ جَنَّةِ نَعِيمٍ وَ مَقْدَمُكَ خَيْرُ مَقْدَمٍ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا عَمَلُكَ الصَّالِحُ ارْتَحِلْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَعْرِفُ غَاسِلَهُ وَ يُنَاشِدُ حَامِلَهُ أَنْ يُعَجِّلَهُ فَإِذَا أُدْخِلَ قَبْرَهُ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَا الْقَبْرِ يَجُرَّانِ أَشْعَارَهُمَا وَ يَخُدَّانِ الْأَرْضَ بِأَقْدَامِهِمَا أَصْوَاتُهُمَا كَالرَّعْدِ الْقَاصِفِ وَ أَبْصَارُهُمَا كَالْبَرْقِ الْخَاطِفِ فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ مَنْ رَبُّكَ وَ مَا دِينُكَ وَ مَنْ نَبِيُّكَ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي وَ دِينِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَ نَبِيِّي مُحَمَّدٌ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَيَقُولَانِ لَهُ ثَبَّتَكَ اللَّهُ فِيمَا تُحِبُّ وَ تَرْضَى وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ثُمَّ يَفْسَحَانِ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ ثُمَّ يَفْتَحَانِ لَهُ بَاباً إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ يَقُولَانِ لَهُ نَمْ قَرِيرَ الْعَيْنِ نَوْمَ الشَّابِّ النَّاعِمِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ أَصْحابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَ أَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لِرَبِّهِ عَدُوّاً فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِيهِ أَقْبَحُ مَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ زِيّاً وَ رُؤْيَا وَ أَنْتَنُهُ رِيحاً فَيَقُولُ لَهُ أَبْشِرْ بِنُزُلٍ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَ تَصْلِيَةِ جَحِيمٍ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَعْرِفُ غَاسِلَهُ وَ يُنَاشِدُ حَمَلَتَهُ أَنْ يَحْبِسُوهُ فَإِذَا أُدْخِلَ الْقَبْرَ أَتَاهُ مُمْتَحِنَا الْقَبْرِ فَأَلْقَيَا عَنْهُ أَكْفَانَهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولَانِ لَهُ مَنْ رَبُّكَ وَ مَا دِينُكَ وَ مَنْ نَبِيُّكَ فَيَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي فَيَقُولَانِ لَا دَرَيْتَ وَ لَا هَدَيْتَ فَيَضْرِبَانِ يَافُوخَهُ بِمِرْزَبَةٍ مَعَهُمَا ضَرْبَةً مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا وَ تَذْعَرُ لَهَا مَا خَلَا الثَّقَلَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَفْتَحَانِ لَهُ بَاباً إِلَى النَّارِ ثُمَّ يَقُولَانِ لَهُ نَمْ بِشَرِّ حَالٍ فِيهِ مِنَ الضَّيْقِ مِثْلُ مَا فِيهِ الْقَنَا مِنَ الزُّجِّ حَتَّى إِنَّ دِمَاغَهُ لَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ظُفُرِهِ وَ لَحْمِهِ وَ يُسَلِّطُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَيَّاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَ عَقَارِبَهَا وَ هَوَامَّهَا فَتَنْهَشُهُ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَتَمَنَّى قِيَامَ السَّاعَةِ فِيمَا هُوَ فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَ قَالَ جَابِرٌ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ وَ الْغَنَمِ وَ أَنَا أَرْعَاهَا وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ رَعَى الْغَنَمَ وَ كُنْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا قَبْلَ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ هِيَ مُتَمَكِّنَةٌ فِي الْمَكِينَةِ مَا حَوْلَهَا شَيْءٌ يُهَيِّجُهَا حَتَّى تَذْعَرَ فَتَطِيرَ فَأَقُولُ مَا هَذَا وَ أَعْجَبُ حَتَّى حَدَّثَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّ الْكَافِرَ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ شَيْئاً إِلَّا سَمِعَهَا وَ يَذْعَرُ لَهَا إِلَّا الثَّقَلَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِضَرْبَةِ الْكَافِرِ فَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, and Al Hassan Bin Ali, altogether from Abu Jameela Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Jabir, from Abdul A’ala and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ibrahim, from Abdul A’ala, from Suweyd Bin Ghafala who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The son of Adam<sup>as</sup>, when he is in the last day from the days of the world, and the first day from the days of the Hereafter, a resemblance is made for him, of his wealth, and his children, and his deeds. So he turns towards his wealth, and he is saying, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I was greedy upon you, tight-fisted, so what is for me, with you?’ So it is saying, ‘Take your shroud from me’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So he turns towards his children, and he is saying, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I was loving you, and I was a protector over you, so what is that which is for me, with you?’ So they are saying, ‘We shall accompany you to your pit and cast you in it’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So he is turning to his deeds, and he is saying, ‘I was abstaining from you and you were heavy upon me, so what is that (for me), with you?’ So these are saying, ‘We are your pair in your grave and on the Day you are Resurrected until us and you are presented to your Lord<sup>azwj</sup>’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So if he was a friend of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, there would come to him a person with the most aromatic of fragrances, and best of the looks, and best of the feathers (wings), so he says, ‘Receive glad tidings of the cool breezes and the aromas, and the Garden of Bliss, and your future is the best of the futures’. So he is saying to him, ‘Who are you?’ So he is saying, ‘I am your righteous deeds, having migrated from the world to the Paradise’. And he recognises the one who washes him, and calls upon his bearers to hasten him. So when he enters into his grave, two Angels of the grave comes over to him, their hair flowing and piercing the ground with their feet, their voices being like the echoing thunder, and their eyes being like the rapid lightning. So they are saying to him: ‘Who is your Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, and what is your Religion, and who is your Prophet<sup>as</sup>?’ So he is saying, ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is my Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, and my Religion is Islam, and my Prophet<sup>saww</sup> is Muhammad<sup>saww</sup>’. So they are saying to him, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Affirm your feet in what you love and are pleased with’, and these are the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:14#h27"><a href="/books/quran:14#h27">[14:27]</a></a> Allah Affirms those who believe with the firm Word in the life of the world and in the Hereafter</span>. Then they are expanding for him in his grave to the extent of his vision. Then they are opening for him a door to the Paradise, then they are saying to him: ‘Sleep with delighted eyes, the sleep of the sleeping youth, for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:25#h24"><a href="/books/quran:25#h24">[25:24]</a></a> The dwellers of the Paradise shall on that day be in a goodly home and a better resting-place</span>. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And if he was an enemy of his Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, so there would come to him the ugliest of the ones Created by Allah<sup>azwj</sup> in apparel and looks, and the most pungent of smells, and he would be saying to him: ‘Receive the news <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:56#h93"><a href="/books/quran:56#h93">[56:93]</a></a> He shall descend from the boiling water, <a href="/#/books/quran:56#h94"><a href="/books/quran:56#h94">[56:94]</a></a> And arrive in the Blazing Fire</span>. And he recognises the one who washes him, and calls out to his bearers that that should withhold him. So when he does enter into his grave, two examiners of the grave come over to him, so they remove his shroud from him, they are saying to him: ‘Who is your Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, and what is your Religion, and who is your Prophet<sup>saww</sup>’. So he is saying, ‘I do not know’. So they are saying: ‘You neither know nor did you have any guidance’. So they strike him on his forehead with a hammer with them with such a strike that there would not be a creature of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, from the animals, except that it would be frightened by it, except for the human beings and the Jinn. Then they are opening for him a door to the Fire (of Hell), then they are saying to him: ‘Sleep in an evil state wherein is the straitness like what is in the arrow stick into the arrow head’, until his brain would come out from between his nails and his flesh. And Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Make the snakes of the earth, and its scorpions, and its vermins to overcome him. So they would be ravaging him until Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Resurrects him from his grave, and he would be longing from the establishment of the House, due to what he would be in, from the evil’. And Jabir (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The Prophet<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘I<sup>saww</sup> used to look at the camels and the sheep and I<sup>saww</sup> was pasturing them - and there is none from a Prophet<sup>as</sup> except that he<sup>as</sup> had pastured the sheep – and I<sup>saww</sup> used to look at them before the Prophet-hood and they were calm in their enclosure, there not being anything around them, suddenly get irritated and panic, frightened. So I<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘What is this, and how strange it is? Until Jibraeel<sup>as</sup> narrated to me<sup>saww</sup> that the Infidel is struck with such a strike, there is no creature Created by Allah<sup>azwj</sup> except that it hears it and is frightened by it, except for the human beings and the Jinn’. So I<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘(If) that is due to one strike upon the Infidel, so we seek Refuge with Allah<sup>azwj</sup> from the Punishment of the grave’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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