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382 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ عَدَّ غَداً مِنْ أَجَلِهِ فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ صُحْبَةَ اَلْمَوْتِ.

Hadith.382 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever considers tomorrow as part of their lifespan has not kept good company with death."

383 - وَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ وَ هِيَ لِمَا بِهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ «بِالرَّغْمِ مِنَّا مَا نَرَى بِكِ يَا خَدِيجَةُ فَإِذَا قَدِمْتِ عَلَى ضَرَائِرِكِ فَأَقْرِئِيهِنَّ اَلسَّلاَمَ» فَقَالَتْ مَنْ هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ قَالَ « مَرْيَمُ اِبْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ وَ كُلْثُمُ أُخْتُ مُوسَى وَ آسِيَةُ اِمْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ » قَالَتْ بِالرِّفَاءِ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ.

Hadith.383 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) entered upon Khadijah {s.a} while she was experiencing what she {s.a} was enduring (her final illness). He (sw) said to her: "In spite of what we see happening to you, Khadijah {s.a}, when you meet your co-wives in the Hereafter, give them my greetings of peace." She {s.a} asked: "Who are they, O’ Messenger of Allah (sw)?" He (sw) replied: "Mary {s.a}, the daughter of Imran (as), and Kulthum {s.a}, the sister of Musa (as), and Asiya {s.a}, the wife of Pharaoh." She {s.a} responded: "With pleasure, O’ Messenger of Allah (sw)."

384 - وَقَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «ضَمِنْتُ لِسِتَّةٍ اَلْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَمَاتَ فَلَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ وَ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ يَعُودُ مَرِيضاً فَمَاتَ فَلَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ وَ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ مُجَاهِداً فِي سَبِيلِ اَللَّهِ فَمَاتَ فَلَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ وَ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ حَاجّاً فَمَاتَ فَلَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ وَ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ إِلَى اَلْجُمُعَةِ فَمَاتَ فَلَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ ' وَ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ فِي جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فَمَاتَ فَلَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ.

Hadith.384 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "I guarantee Paradise for six people: One who goes out to give charity and dies, they shall have Paradise; One who goes out to visit a sick person and dies, they shall have Paradise; One who goes out striving in the way of Allah (swt) and dies, they shall have Paradise; One who goes out for pilgrimage (Hajj) and dies, they shall have Paradise; One who goes out for Jumu’ah prayer and dies, they shall have Paradise; And one who goes out for the funeral of a Muslim and dies, they shall have Paradise."

385 - وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «كَرَامَةُ اَلْمَيِّتِ تَعْجِيلُهُ.

Hadith.385 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: "The honor of the deceased is their hastening (to be buried)."

386 - وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «لاَ أُلْفِيَنَّ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلاً مَاتَ لَهُ مَيِّتٌ لَيْلاً فَانْتَظَرَ بِهِ اَلصُّبْحَ وَ لاَ رَجُلاً مَاتَ لَهُ مَيِّتٌ نَهَاراً فَانْتَظَرَ بِهِ اَللَّيْلَ لاَ تَنْتَظِرُوا بِمَوْتَاكُمْ طُلُوعَ اَلشَّمْسِ وَ لاَ غُرُوبَهَا عَجِّلُوا بِهِمْ إِلَى مَضَاجِعِهِمْ يَرْحَمُكُمُ اَللَّهُ» فَقَالَ اَلنَّاسُ وَ أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ يَرْحَمُكَ اَللَّهُ.

Hadith.386 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: "I do not want to find among you a man whose deceased loved one died at night and he waits until morning, or a man whose deceased loved one died during the day and he waits until night. Do not wait for the rising or setting of the sun with your dead. Hurry them to their resting places; may Allah (swt) have mercy on you." The people replied: "And may Allah (swt) have mercy on you, O’ Messenger of Allah (sw)."

387 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «كَانَ فِيمَا نَاجَى بِهِ، مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا بَلَغَ مِنْ عِيَادَةِ اَلْمَرِيضِ مِنَ اَلْأَجْرِ قَالَ أُوَكِّلُ بِهِ مَلَكاً يَعُودُهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ إِلَى مَحْشَرِهِ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ فَمَا لِمَنْ غَسَلَ اَلْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَغْسِلُهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ.

Hadith.387 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "In what Musa ibn Imran (as) privately spoke to his Lord (azj), the Mighty and Glorious, Musa (as) said: 'O’ Lord (azj), what is the reward for visiting the sick?' Allah (swt) replied: 'I will appoint an angel to visit them in their grave until the Day of Resurrection.' Musa (as) asked: 'O’ Lord (azj), what about the one who washes the deceased?' Allah (swt) replied: 'I will cleanse them of their sins as on the day their mother gave birth to them.'"

388 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتاً مُؤْمِناً فَأَدَّى فِيهِ اَلْأَمَانَةَ غَفَرَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ» قِيلَ وَ كَيْفَ يُؤَدِّي فِيهِ اَلْأَمَانَةَ قَالَ «لاَ يُخْبِرُ بِمَا يَرَاهُ وَ حَدُّهُ إِلَى أَنْ يُدْفَنَ اَلْمَيِّتُ.

Hadith.388 - The Imam (as) said: "Whoever washes a deceased believer and fulfils the trust in that act, Allah (swt) will forgive them." It was asked: "How does one fulfil the trust in this matter?" Imam (as) replied: "By not disclosing what they see and maintaining their duty until the deceased is buried."

389 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ غَسَّلَ مُؤْمِناً فَقَالَ إِذَا قَلَّبَهُ: اَللَّهُمَّ هَذَا بَدَنُ عَبْدِكَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ وَ قَدْ أَخْرَجْتَ رُوحَهُ مِنْهُ وَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَعَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ اَللَّهُ ذُنُوبَ سَنَةٍ إِلاَّ اَلْكَبَائِرَ.

Hadith.389 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Any believer who washes the body of another believer and says while turning it: Allāhumma hādhā badan ‘abdika al-mu’min wa qad akhrajta rūḥahu minhu wa farraqta baynahumā fa‘afwuka ‘afwuka ‘afwuka 'O’ Allah (swt), this is the body of Your believing servant; You have taken their soul from it and separated them from each other, so forgive, forgive, forgive,' Allah (swt) will forgive the washer's sins for a year, except for major sins."

390 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ يَغْسِلُ مَيِّتاً مُؤْمِناً وَ يَقُولُ وَ هُوَ يَغْسِلُهُ رَبِّ عَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ إِلاَّ عَفَا اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ.

Hadith.390 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "There is no believing servant who washes a deceased believer and says while washing them: Rabbi ‘afwuka ‘afwuka 'O’ Lord (azj), Your forgiveness, Your forgiveness,' except that Allah (swt) forgives them."

391 - وَقَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «يَغْسِلُ اَلْمَيِّتَ أَوْلَى اَلنَّاسِ بِهِ أَوْ مَنْ يَأْمُرُهُ اَلْوَلِيُّ بِذَلِكَ.

Hadith.391 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "The one who washes the deceased should be the closest person to them or the one whom the guardian (Wali) of the deceased appoints for this task."