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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues

Chapter on What to Say Upon Entering a City or Village

746. hadíth

وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ اَلْغَرِيبَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ اَلْمَوْتُ اِلْتَفَتَ يَمْنَةً وَ يَسْرَةً وَ لَمْ يَرَ أَحَداً رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى مَنْ تَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنِّي وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلاَلِي لَئِنْ أَطْلَقْتُكَ عَنْ عُقْدَتِكَ لَأُصَيِّرَنَّكَ فِي طَاعَتِي وَ لَئِنْ قَبْضَتُكَ لَأُصَيِّرَنَّكَ إِلَى كَرَامَتِي.

Imam (a.s) said: "When a stranger faces death, he looks to his right and left but sees no one. He raises his head, and Allah (swt), the Mighty and Glorious, says: 'To whom do you turn? To one who is better for you than Me? By My might and My majesty, if I release you from this bond, I will place you in My obedience, and if I take your soul, I will place you in My honor.'"

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