[Machine] His son Abdullah said to him: "Describe death to us, and may your mind be with you." He replied, "O my son, death is more inevitable than being described. However, I will describe to you a part of it. I feel as if mountains of radiance are on my neck, and I feel as if the thorns of weapons are in my chest, and I feel as if my soul is coming out of the eye of a needle." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about this in his summary.  

لَهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَصِفْ لَنَا الْمَوْتَ وَعَقْلُكَ مَعَكَ فَقَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّ الْمَوْتُ أَجَلُّ مِنْ أَنْ يُوصَفَ وَلَكِنِّي سَأَصِفُ لَكَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا أَجِدُنِي كَأَنَّ عَلَى عُنُقِي جِبَالُ رَضْوَى وَأَجِدُنِي كَأَنَّ فِي جَوْفِي شَوْكُ السِّلَاحِ وَأَجِدُنِي كَأَنَّ نَفْسِي تَخْرُجُ مِنْ ثَقْبِ إِبْرَةٍ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص