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Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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Washing of the Deceased

365. hadíth

وَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَيْفَ يَتَوَفَّى مَلَكُ اَلْمَوْتِ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ مَلَكَ اَلْمَوْتِ لَيَقِفُ مِنَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ مَوْقِفَ اَلْعَبْدِ اَلذَّلِيلِ مِنَ اَلْمَوْلَى فَيَقُومُ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ لاَ يَدْنُونَ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَبْدَأَهُ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ وَ يُبَشِّرَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) was asked how the Angel of Death takes the soul of a believer. He (saws) replied: "Indeed, the Angel of Death stands before the believer at the time of their death in the position of a humble servant before their master. He and his companions do not approach until the believer is greeted with peace and given glad tidings of Paradise."

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