Hadith 94

Al Kafi – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Hashim, from Salim Bin Abu Salama, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The death presented itself to a man, so it was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! The death has presented itself to so and so’. Rasool-Allah-saww stood up, and with him-saww were some people from his-saww companions, and went until he-saww came over to him, and there was unconsciousness upon him. He-saww said: ‘O Angel of death, restrain from the man until I-saww question him’. So the man woke up. The Prophet-saww said: ‘What did you see? ’ He said, ‘I saw a lot of whiteness and a lot of darkness’. He-saww said: ‘So which of the two was nearer to you? ’ He said, ‘The darkness’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Forgive me the abundance of my disobedience to You-azwj, and Accept from the little from my obedience to You-azwj’. He said it’. Then unconsciousness came upon him, and he-saww said: ‘O Angel of death! Lighten from him until I question him’. The man awoke, and he-saww said: ‘What did you see? ’ I saw a lot of whiteness and a lot of darkness’. He-saww said: ‘So which of the two was nearer to you? ’ He said, The whiteness’. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj has Forgiven your companion’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Whenever you are present with a dying one, so you should be saying to him these words, for him to be saying it’’. [96]