Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:4188 حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الصَّوَّافُ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ شِمْرٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ الْخَزْرَجِ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ «يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ ارْفُقْ بِصَاحِبِي فَإِنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ» فَقَالَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ طِبْ نَفْسًا وَقَرَّ عَيْنًا وَاعْلَمْ أَنِّي بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ رَفِيقٌ وَاعْلَمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنِّي لَأَقْبِضُ رُوحَ ابْنِ آدَمَ فَإِذَا صَرَخَ صَارِخٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ قُمْتُ فِي الدَّارِ وَمَعِي رُوحُهُ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا الصَّارِخُ؟ وَاللهِ مَا ظَلَمْنَاهُ وَلَا سَبَقْنَا أَجَلَهُ وَلَا اسْتَعْجَلْنَا قَدَرَهُ ومَالَنَا فِي قَبْضِهِ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ فَإِنْ تَرْضَوْا بِمَا صَنَعَ اللهُ تُؤْجَرُوا وَإِنْ تَحْزَنُوا وتَسْخَطُوا تَأْثَمُوا وتُؤْزَرُوا مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ عُتْبَى وَإِنَّ لَنَا عِنْدَكُمْ بَعْدُ عَوْدَةً وَعَوْدَةً فَالْحَذَرُ وَمَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَا مُحَمَّدُ شَعْرٌ وَلَا مَدَرٌ بَرٌّ وَلَا بَحْرٌ سَهْلٌ وَلَا جَبَلٌ إِلَّا أَنَا أَتَصَفَّحُهُمْ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى لَأَنَا أَعْرَفُ بِصَغِيرِهِمْ وكَبِيرِهِمْ مِنْهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَاللهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَوْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقْبِضَ رُوحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ اللهُ هُوَ أَذِنَ بِقَبْضِهَا قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَتَصَفَّحُهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِذَا نَظَرَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَمَنْ كَانَ يُحَافِظُ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ دَنَا مِنْهُ الْمَلَكُ وَدَفَعَ عَنْهُ الشَّيْطَانَ وَيُلَقِّنُهُ الْمَلَكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ وَذَلِكَ الْحَالُ الْعَظِيمُ
English Translation
The Prophet (peace be upon him) looked at the Angel of Death (peace be upon him) at the head of a man from the Ansar, and he said: "O Angel of Death, be gentle with my companion, for he is a believer." The Angel of Death (peace be upon him) said: "Be at ease and be comforted, and know that I am gentle with every believer. Know, O Muhammad, that I take the soul of the son of Adam, and when a member of his family screams, I stand in the house with his soul and say: 'What is this screaming? By Allah, we have not wronged him, nor have we hastened his appointed time, nor have we accelerated his destiny. We bear no fault in taking him. If you are content with what Allah has done, you will be rewarded. But if you grieve and become angry, you will sin and bear burden. You have no complaint against us, and we will return to you again and again, so beware.' There is no household, O Muhammad — whether of hair or mud, on land or sea, plain or mountain — except that I examine them every day and night, until I know their young and old better than they know themselves. By Allah, O Muhammad, if I wished to take the soul of a mosquito, I could not do so until Allah permits its taking." Ja'far said: "It reached me that he examines them at the times of prayer. When death approaches, whoever used to maintain the prayers, the angel draws near to him and repels Satan from him, and the angel prompts him to say: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' And that is the momentous occasion."