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ibnhibban:3013aʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Abū al-Jawzāʾ

[Machine] From Abu Hurairah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, when death comes to a believer, the angels of mercy come to him. When his soul is taken, it is placed in a white silk cloth and is then carried up to the gate of heaven. The angels say, 'We have never smelled a fragrance better than this.' They are told to let him relax because he was in distress. He is then asked, 'What did so-and-so do?' 'What did so-and-so do?' 'What did so-and-so, the woman, do?'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٠١٣aأَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ حَضَرَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ فَإِذَا قُبِضَتْ نَفْسُهُ جُعِلَتْ فِي حَرِيرَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَيُنْطَلَقُ بِهَا إِلَى بَابِ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا وَجَدْنَا رِيحًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَيُقَالَ دَعُوهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي غَمٍّ فَيُسْأَلُ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ مَا فَعَلَتْ فُلَانَةُ؟  


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nasai-kubra:11924ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū al-Jawzāʾ al-Rabaʿī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, when the believer is visited by death, the angels of mercy come to him. When his soul is taken, it is placed in a white shroud and ascends to the gate of the heavens. They say, 'We have never smelled a fragrance more pleasant than this.' It will be said, 'Let him rest, for he was in distress.' Then he will be asked, 'What did so-and-so do? What did so-and-so do? What did so-and-so do?' As for the disbeliever, when his soul is taken, it goes to the gate of the earth. The earth's treasury says, 'We have never smelled a fragrance worse than this.' Then it will be sent down to the lowest earth."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٩٢٤عَنْ عَمْرو بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ الرَّبَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ حَضَرَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ فَإِذَا قُبِضَتْ نَفْسُهُ جُعِلَتْ فِي حَرِيرَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَيُنْطَلَقُ بِهَا إِلَى بَابِ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُونَ مَا وَجَدْنَا رِيحًا أَطْيَبَ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَيُقَالَ دَعُوهُ يَسْتَرِيحُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي غُمٍّ فَيُسْأَلُ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ مَا فَعَلَ فُلَانٌ؟ مَا فَعَلَتْ فُلَانَةُ؟ وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَإِذَا قُبِضَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَذَهَبَ بِهَا إِلَى بَابِ الْأَرْضِ يَقُولُ خَزَنَةُ الْأَرْضِ مَا وَجَدْنَا رِيحًا أَنْتُنَ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَتَبْلُغُ بِهَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ السُّفْلَى