قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَعْلَمُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ بِقَبْضِ مَنْ يَقْبِضُ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا هِيَ صِكَاكٌ تَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ اقْبِضْ نَفْسَ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ .
Translation
Abu Ali AL Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Asbaat Bin Salim, a slave of Aban who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Does the Angel of death know of whom (whose soul) he has to capture?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. But rather, it is a deed which descends from the sky: ‘Capture the soul of so and so!’’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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