Taking out of the Souls of Believing and Unbelievers

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَأْمُرُ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ فَيَرُدُّ نَفْسَ‌ الْمُؤْمِنِ لِيُهَوِّنَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُخْرِجَهَا[1] مِنْ أَحْسَنِ وَجْهِهَا فَيَقُولُ النَّاسُ لَقَدْ شُدِّدَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ الْمَوْتُ وَ ذَلِكَ تَهْوِينٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ يُصْرَفُ عَنْهُ‌[2] إِذَا كَانَ مِمَّنْ سَخِطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ مِمَّنْ أَبْغَضَ اللَّهُ أَمْرَهُ أَنْ

“I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, commands the angel of death to return the soul of a believing person, make it easy for him, and then take it out in the most comfortable way. People then say, “It (dying) was very difficult for so and so.” In fact it is the way Allah, the Majestic

دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ع عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ هُوَ يَجُودُ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ ارْفُقْ بِصَاحِبِي فَإِنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَإِنِّي بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ رَفِيقٌ وَ اعْلَمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنِّي أَقْبِضُ رُوحَ ابْنِ آدَمَ فَيَجْزَعُ أَهْلُهُ فَأَقُومُ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ مِنْ دَارِهِمْ فَأَقُولُ مَا هَذَا الْجَزَعُ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا تَعَجَّلْنَاهُ قَبْلَ أَجَلِهِ وَ مَا كَا

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah once visited a man of his companions in dying condition. He then said, ‘O angel of death, make it easy for my companion; he is a believing person.’ He then said, ‘O Muhammad, I am a friend of every believing person. O Muhammad, please note that when I take aw

حَضَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَ كَانَتْ‌ لَهُ حَالَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَحَضَرَهُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ارْفُقْ بِصَاحِبِي فَإِنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ طِبْ نَفْساً وَ قَرَّ عَيْناً فَإِنِّي بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ رَفِيقٌ شَفِيقٌ وَ اعْلَمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي لَأَحْضُرُ ابْنَ آ

‘The Messenger of Allah once visited a man from Ansar (people of Madinah) and he was of a good status before the Messenger of Allah. He visited him in his dying condition and looked at the angel of death near his head. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Be kind to my companion; he is a believing person.’ The angel of death