Hadith 590
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590. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Suleym Al-Fara’a, from the one whom he mentioned: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws), said in his (asws) Hadeeth that
‘When the Angel said: ‘Its Lord (azwj) Made me enter it’, Ibrahim (as) recognised that he is the Angel of Death. So he (as) said to him: ‘What made you descend?’ He said; ‘I have come to give good news to a man whom Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has Taken as a friend’. So Ibrahim (as) said to him: ‘So who is this man?’ The Angel said to him: ‘And what do you (as) want from him (as)?’ So Ibrahim (as) said to him: ‘I (as) will serve him (as) for the days of my (as) life’. The Angel said to him (as): ‘You (as) are him (as)’.
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ الْفَرَّاءِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا
أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ إِنَّ الْمَلَكَ لَمَّا قَالَ أَدْخَلَنِيهَا رَبُّهَا عَرَفَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) أَنَّهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا أَهْبَطَكَ قَالَ جِئْتُ أُبَشِّرُ رَجُلًا أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اتَّخَذَهُ خَلِيلًا فَقَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) فَمَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلَكُ وَ مَا تُرِيدُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) أَخْدُمُهُ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِي فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلَكُ فَأَنْتَ هُوَ.
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