The Sufficient (Vol 3) · Hadith 517 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ الْقُمِّيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَقُولُ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْمُرُ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ فَيَرُدُّ نَفْسَ الْمُؤْمِنِ لِيُهَوِّنَ عَلَيْهِ وَيُخْرِجَهَا مِنْ أَحْسَنِ وَجْهِهَا فَيَقُولُ النَّاسُ لَقَدْ شَدَّدَ عَلَى فُلاَنٍ الْمَوْتُ وَذَلِكَ تَهْوِينٌ مِنَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ يُصْرَفُ عَنْهُ إِذَا كَانَ مِمَّنْ سَخِطَ الله عَلَيْهِ أَوْ مِمَّنْ أَبْغَضَ الله أَمْرَهُ أَنْ يَجْذِبَ الْجَذْبَةَ الَّتِي بَلَغَتْكُمْ بِمِثْلِ السَّفُّودِ مِنَ الصُّوفِ الْمَبْلُولِ فَيَقُولُ النَّاسُ لَقَدْ هَوَّنَ الله عَلَى فُلاَنٍ الْمَوْتَ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Idris af-Qummiy who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah , 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, the Glorious, provides him comfort.’ He then said, ‘It (comfort) is denied him if he is of those with whom Allah is angry, or Allah dislikes him. He commands him (the angel) to pull out his soul just as frying-bar is pulled out of wool soaked in water and people say, “Allah has made dying very easy for him.’””

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