يَمُوتُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِكُلِّ مِيتَةٍ إِلَّا الصَّاعِقَةَ- لَا تَأْخُذُهُ وَ هُوَ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
“A believing person may die by any form of death except lightning that will not hit him when he is speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious,.”
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الصَّوَاعِقَ لَا تُصِيبُ ذَاكِراً قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ مَا الذَّاكِرُ قَالَ مَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘lightning does not affect the speaker (of Allah).’ I (the narrator) then asked, ‘Who is a speaker?’ The Imam said, ‘One who reads one hundred verses of the Holy Quran.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ مِيتَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ يَمُوتُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِكُلِّ مِيتَةٍ- يَمُوتُ غَرَقاً وَ يَمُوتُ بِالْهَدْمِ وَ يُبْتَلَى بِالسَّبُعِ وَ يَمُوتُ بِالصَّاعِقَةِ وَ لَا تُصِيبُ ذَاكِرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
“I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) about the death of the believing persons. The Imam said, ‘A believing person may die in any form of death, drowning, by the debris of falling buildings, or beasts may cause his death. He may die because of lightning except when speaking of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy.’”