Difficulty in Dying (If Dying Becomes Difficult and the Agony of Death Intense)

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع‌ إِنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ مُسْتَقِيماً فَنَزَعَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَغَسَّلَهُ‌[3] أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ حُمِلَ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ فَمَاتَ فِيهِ.

“Abu Sa’eed al-Khudriy, one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, was a straightforward person. He remained in dying condition for three days. His people gave him a bath and carried him to the place where he would say his prayers; then he died.’””

إِذَا عَسُرَ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ مَوْتُهُ وَ نَزْعُهُ قُرِّبَ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ.

“Abu ‘Abdullah (a.s.), has said that if dying and separation of body and soul becomes difficult for one, he should be placed where he would perform his Salah (prayer).”

إِذَا اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ النَّزْعُ فَضَعْهُ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ أَوْ عَلَيْهِ.

“He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘If dying becomes difficult for a person, you should place him in the place where he would perform his prayer.’”

قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ قَدْ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ هَذَا الرَّأْيَ وَ إِنَّهُ قَدِ اشْتَدَّ نَزْعُهُ فَقَالَ احْمِلُونِي إِلَى مُصَلَّايَ فَحَمَلُوهُ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ هَلَكَ.

“Abu ‘Abdullah (a.s.), has said that abu Sa’eed al-Khudriy, a person of God-given good point, faced difficulties when dying. He asked his people to place him where he would perform his prayers and when they did as they were told, he died shortly thereafter.”

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ يَقُولُ لِابْنِهِ الْقَاسِمِ‌[2] قُمْ يَا بُنَيَّ فَاقْرَأْ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ أَخِيكَ- وَ الصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا حَتَّى تَسْتَتِمَّهَا فَقَرَأَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ- أَ هُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنا قَضَى الْفَتَى فَلَمَّا سُجِّيَ‌[3] وَ خَرَجُوا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ كُنَّا نَعْهَدُ الْمَيِّتَ إِذَا نُزِلَ بِهِ‌[4] يُقْرَأُ عِنْدَهُ‌ يس. وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيم

Son, stand up and recite Surah thirty-seven (of the Holy Quran), near the head of your brother, to the end.’ Al-Qasim began to recite, when he reached the passage, ‘Is their creation more powerful or those whom We have created’ (37:11) the young man passed away. When his body was prepared for burial they came out and Y