Said by: Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (as), answering Sudayr al-Sayrafi
Status: ⚠️ To be checked — the meaning is widely reported from Al-Kafi, Volume 3, p. 127, but another report cites Volume 3, p. 131, Hadith 1; the exact Arabic wording and the exact page and Hadith number have not been confirmed against the printed book for this draft.
Reference: Al-Kafi (Shaykh al-Kulayni), Volume 3, p. 127 (as reported; another report cites p. 131, Hadith 1) — [exact page and Hadith number — to be verified]
Arabic:
[Arabic text — to be verified]
English translation:
When Sudayr asked the Imam (as) whether a believer dislikes death, the Imam (as) said that the Angel of Death tells the believer he is kinder to him than a loving father. Then the Messenger of Allah (SAW), Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (as), Fatima al-Zahra (sa), al-Hasan (as), al-Husayn (as) and the Imams (as) are presented to the dying believer as his companions, and a door to Paradise is opened for him. A divine call invites the tranquil soul devoted to Muhammad (SAW) and his family to return to its Lord and enter Paradise — and then nothing becomes more beloved to the believer than for his soul to leave his body and join the caller.
Explanation: For a believer who loves the Prophet (SAW) and the Ahlul Bayt (as), death is not a lonely leaving — it is a reunion. The faces he loved in this life are the faces that greet him at his last moment, and the Angel of Death comes to him more gently than a loving father. That is why the believer, who feared death in life, longs to go forward when the moment comes (see Hadith 10.6).
For a believer who loves the Prophet (SAW) and the Ahlul Bayt (as), death is not a lonely leaving — it is a reunion.