Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 429

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Explanation of Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ، اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ، إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ ) .

And the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they used to differ; guide me to that which has been differed upon of the truth by Your permission, for indeed You guide whom You will to a straight path.

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ وُكِّلَ بِقَبْضِ الْأَرْوَاحِ وَهُوَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ، وَلَهُ أَعْوَانٌ يُسَاعِدُونَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، وَيَنْزِلُونَ بِالْكَفَنِ وَالْحَنُوطِ لِلرُّوحِ الَّتِي تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ - فَإِنَّهُمْ يَنْزِلُونَ بِكَفَنٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَحَنُوطٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ النِّيرَانِ نَزَلُوا بِحَنُوطٍ مِنَ النَّارِ وَكَفَنٍ مِنَ النَّارِ، ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُونَ عِنْدَ الْمُحْتَضَرِ الَّذِي حَضَرَ أَجَلُهُ وَيُخْرِجُونَ رُوحَهُ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الْحُلْقُومَ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ اسْتَلَّهَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ، ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهُمْ إِيَّاهَا، فَوَضَعُوهَا فِي الْحَنُوطِ وَالْكَفَنِ، فَالْمَلَائِكَةُ تُكَفِّنُ وَتُحَنِّطُ الرُّوحَ، وَالْبَشَرُ يُكَفِّنُونَ وَيُحَنِّطُونَ الْبَدَنَ، فَانْظُرْ إِلَى عِنَايَةِ اللَّهِ بِالْآدَمِيِّ، مَلَائِكَةٌ يُكَفِّنُونَ رُوحَهُ، وَبَشَرٌ يُكَفِّنُونَ بَدَنَهُ؛ وَلِهَذَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿ حَقٌّ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ ﴾ [الْأَنْعَامُ: ٦١]، لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ فِي حِفْظِهَا وَلَا يُفَرِّطُونَ فِيهَا.

Among them is the one entrusted with taking souls, and he is the Angel of Death, and he has assistants who help him with that, and they descend with the shroud and the embalming substance for the soul that exits the body if it is of the people of faith - may Allah make us among them - for they descend with a shroud from Paradise and an embalming substance from Paradise, and if they are of the people of the Fire, they descend with an embalming substance from the Fire and a shroud from the Fire, then they sit by the dying person whose time has come and they extract his soul until it reaches the throat, and when it reaches the throat, the Angel of Death pulls it out, then he gives it to them, so they place it in the embalming substance and the shroud, so the angels shroud and embalm the soul, and humans shroud and embalm the body, so look at Allah's care for the human being, angels shroud his soul, and humans shroud his body; and for this reason, Allah the Almighty said: 'Until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers take him, and they do not fail [in their duties]' [Al-An'am: 61], they do not fail in preserving it and they do not fail regarding it.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (31 verbs · 41 nouns)

• حَكَمَ — to judge
• كَانَ — to be
• اِخْتَلَفَ — to differ
• أَرْض — earth
• عَالِم — knower
• غَيْب — unseen