1669 - ذِكرُ المَوتِ‏

1669. REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH

5849.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أكثِروا مِن ذِكرِ هادِمِ اللَّذّاتِ ، فقيلَ : يا رسولَ اللَّهِ، فما هادِمُ اللَّذّاتِ ؟ قالَ : المَوتُ ، فإنّ أكيَسَ المؤمنينَ أكثَرُهُم ذِكراً للمَوتِ ، وأشَدُّهُم لَهُ استِعداداً .¹

5849.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Increase the remembrance of the demolisher of desires.' He was asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the demolisher of desires?' He said, 'Death, for the most sagacious of believers are those who remember death the most and are the most prepared for it.' ²

5850.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: أكثِروا ذِكرَ المَوتِ ، فما مِن عَبدٍ أكثَرَ ذِكرَهُ إلّا أحيا اللَّهُ قلبَهُ وهَوَّنَ علَيهِ المَوتَ .³

5850.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Increase your remembrance of death, for any servant who increases its remembrance, Allah will revive his heart and ease death for him.' ⁴

5851.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لابنهِ الحسنِ عليه السلام - : يا بُنيَّ ، أكثِرْ مِن ذِكرِ المَوتِ ، وذِكرِ ما تَهجُمُ علَيهِ وتُفضي بعدَ المَوتِ إلَيهِ ، حتّى‏ يأتيَكَ‏⁵ وقد أخَذتَ مِنهُ حِذرَكَ وشَدَدتَ لَه أزرَكَ ، ولا يَأتيَكَ بَغتَةً فيَبهَرَكَ .⁶

5851.Imam Ali (AS) said to his son al-Hasan (AS), 'O son, increase your remembrance of death, of that which overcomes it, and of that which you will return to after death such that when it comes to you, you will have taken heed of it and strengthened yourself for it, and you will not let it overcome you by surprise so that it overpowers you.' ⁷

5852.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ذِكرُ المَوتِ يُميتُ الشَّهَواتِ في النَّفسِ ، ويَقلَعُ مَنابِتَ الغَفلَةِ ، ويُقَوّي القلبَ بمَواعِدِ اللَّهِ ، ويُرِقُّ الطَّبعَ ، ويَكسِرُ أعلامَ الهَوى‏ ويُطفِئُ نارَ الحِرصِ ، ويُحَقِّرُ الدُّنيا .⁸

5852.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The remembrance of death kills the desires in the self and uproots the sources of inattentiveness. It strengthens the heart about Allah's promises, softens one's attitude, breaks the pillars of inclinations, extinguishes the fire of greed, and it degrades the world.' ⁹

5853.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أكثِروا ذِكرَ المَوتِ ؛ فإنّهُ ما أكثَرَ ذِكرَ المَوتِ إنسانٌ إلّا زَهِدَ في الدُّنيا .¹⁰

5853.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Increase in the remembrance of death, for no sooner does a person increase his remembrance of death than he abstains from the world.' ¹¹

5854.الإمامُ الهاديُّ عليه السلام : اُذكُرْ مَصرَعَكَ بينَ يَدَي أهلِكَ؛ ولا طَبيبَ يَمنَعُكَ، ولا حَبيبَ يَنفَعُكَ .¹²

5854.Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, 'Remember your death in front of your family; when there will be no doctor to prevent it from you and no beloved to help you.' ¹³

1668 - مَوتُ المُؤمِنِ‏

1668. THE DEATH OF A BELIEVER

(الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ) .¹

"Those whom the angels take away while they are pure. They say [to them], 'Peace be to you! Enter paradise because of what you used to do." ²

5845.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: المَوتُ رَيحانَةُ المؤمنِ .³

5845.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Death is the basil of a believer.' ⁴

5846.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تُحفَةُ المؤمنِ المَوتُ .⁵

5846.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Death is a gift for the believer.' ⁶

5847.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في قولهِ تعالى‏ : (لَهُمُ البُشْرى‏ في الحَياةِ الدُّنيا)⁷ - : هُو أن يُبَشِّراهُ بالجَنّةِ عِند المَوتِ ، يَعني محمّداً وعليّاً عليهما السلام .⁸

5847. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "For them is good news in the life of this world" ⁹ , said, 'It is that these two give them glad tidings of Heaven during their death, meaning Muhammad and Ali (AS).' ¹⁰

5848.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام - في عِيادَةِ رجُلٍ مِن أصحابهِ - : كيفَ تَجِدُكَ ؟ قالَ : لَقِيتُ المَوتَ بَعدَكَ ! - يُريدُ ما لَقِيَهُ مِن شِدَّةِ مَرَضِهِ - فقالَ : كيفَ لَقِيتَهُ ؟ فقالَ : أليماً شَديداً ، فقالَ : ما لَقِيتَهُ ، إنّما لَقِيتَ ما يُنذِرُكَ بهِ ويُعرِّفُكَ بعضَ حالِهِ ...¹¹ .

5848. Imam al-Rida (AS), when visiting one of his sick companions, asked, 'How are you?' He replied, 'I have met death after you!' referring to the pain he had endured from his intense sickness', so he said, 'How did you find it?' He said, 'Very painful.' He (AS) said, 'You have not met it, you have only met what is warning you of it and it is introducing you to some of its states...' ¹²