Ahmad ibn Jaʿfar informed us; (ḥaddathanā)(1) ʿAbd Allah—(ḥaddathanā)(2) his father—Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad—narrated to us; Ibn Abī Dhīb transmitted it from Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from Saʿīd ibn Yasār, from Abū Hurayrah, who related that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“When the dying person is attended by the angels, then if he is a righteous man they say, ‘Come forth, O good soul that inhabited a good body! Depart praised, and rejoice in rawḥ and rayḥān—relief and fragrant delight—and in a Lord who is not angry.’ They keep saying that to her (3) until she departs, whereupon she is taken up to the heaven and its gates are opened for her. It is asked, ‘Who is this?’ and the reply comes, ‘So-and-so.’ They say, ‘Welcome, O good soul that inhabited a good body! Enter praised, and rejoice in rawḥ and rayḥān and in a Lord who is not angry.’ They continue saying that to her (4) until she is brought to the heaven wherein Allah, exalted is He, is.

“But if the man was wicked, they say, ‘Come forth, O foul soul that inhabited a foul body! Depart loathsome, and receive tidings of scalding water, oozing pus, and other punishments of like kind, in pairs.’ They keep saying this to her (5) until she departs. Then she is taken up to the heaven, and its gates are sought to be opened for her. It is asked, ‘Who is this?’ and the reply comes, ‘So-and-so.’ They will say, ‘No welcome to the foul soul that was in—