Did you not see when the man died and his eyes were fixedly open? He (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: It is due to the fact that when (the soul leaves the body) his eyesight follows the soul.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلَمْ تَرَوُا الإِنْسَانَ إِذَا مَاتَ شَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ فَذَلِكَ حِينَ يَتْبَعُ بَصَرُهُ نَفْسَهُ  

This hadith is narrated on the authority of 'Ala' with the same chain of transmitters.  

عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ