Hadith 567
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7. With this chain of narrators, from Muhammed bin Ali, peace be upon them both, that he said: A man from the companions of al-Rida, peace be upon him, became ill, and so he visited him and said
How do you find yourself? He said: I met death after you. [1] By that he meant what he met due to the intensity of his illness. He said: How did you meet it? He said: Severely painful. He said: You did not meet it. You only met that which warns you about it and makes you know some of its condition. People are only two (types of) men: One who rests at death, and one from whom it is rested [2] due to it [3]. Thus, renew faith in Allah and in Divine Authority, and you will be one who rests (at death). Then the man did so. The narration is long. We took from it the spot of requirement.
وبهذا الاسناد عن محمد بن علي عليهما السلام، قال
مرض رجل من أصحاب الرضا عليه السلام فعاده فقال: كيف تجدك؟ قال: لقيت الموت بعدك - يريد ما لقيه من شدة مرضه - فقال: كيف لقيته؟ فقال: أليما شديدا. فقال: ما لقيته إنما لقيت ما ينذرك به ويعرفك بعض حاله، إنما الناس رجلان: مستريح بالموت، ومستراح به منه، فجدد الايمان بالله بالولاية تكن مستريحا ففعل الرجل ذلك. والحديث طويل أخذنا منه موضع الحاجة.