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Hadith 356
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357 - وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «إِنَّ مَوْتَ اَلْفَجْأَةِ تَخْفِيفٌ عَلَى اَلْمُؤْمِنِ وَ رَاحَةٌ وَ أَخْذَةُ أَسَفٍ عَلَى اَلْكَافِرِ.
Hadith.357 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: "Sudden death is an ease and relief for the believer but a regretful taking for the disbeliever”.
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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