Hadith 566
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6. We were told by Muhammed bin Qasem, the exegete, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Hussaini, from Hasan bin Ali, from his father, from Muhammed bin Ali, from his father, peace be upon them, that he said
Musa bin Ja’far, peace be upon them both, entered into the place of a man who had drowned into the intoxication of death whilst not answering a caller, and they said to him: O son of Allah’s Messenger, we would love to know how death is and what the case of our companion is. He said: Death is the purifier; it purifies the believers from their sins, by which the last pain that afflicts them is an expiation for the last burden that remains upon them, and it purifies the disbelievers from their good deeds, by which it is the last delight or comfort that follows them, and it is the last reward for a good deed that is to them. As for this companion of yours, he has been sieved from sins in a (complete manner of) sieving, and he has been purified from error in a (complete manner of) purification, and he has been rid (of filth) until he has become clean like how a robe is cleaned from filth, and he has become suitable to mingle with us, the Household, in our Home, the Home of the Everlasting.
حدثنا محمد بن القاسم المفسر، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن الحسيني، عن الحسن بن علي، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن علي، عن أبيه عليهم السلام قال
دخل موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام، على رجل قد غرق في سكرات الموت وهو لا يجيب داعيا فقالوا له: يا ابن رسول الله وددنا لو عرفنا كيف الموت وكيف حال صاحبنا. فقال: الموت هو المصفاة يصفي المؤمنين من ذنوبهم فيكون آخر ألم يصيبهم كفارة آخر وزر بقي عليهم ويصفي الكافرين من حسناتهم فيكون آخر لذة أو راحة تلحقهم، وهو آخر ثواب حسنة تكون لهم وأما صاحبكم هذا فقد نحل من الذنوب نخلا، وصفي من الآثام تصفية، وخلص حتى نقي كما ينقى الثوب من الوسخ، وصلح لمعاشرتنا أهل البيت في دارنا دار الأبد.
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