we are asking you about.’
“He will say, ‘What are you asking me about?’
“They will say, ‘What do you say about this man who was among you? What do you testify concerning him?’
“He will say, ‘I testify that he is the Messenger of Allah and that he brought the truth from Allah.’
“He will be told, ‘Upon that you lived, upon that you died, and upon that you will be resurrected, if Allah Most High wills.’ Then a gate of Paradise will be opened for him, and he will be told, ‘That is your place there, and that is what Allah has prepared for you therein.’ His joy and happiness will increase. Then a gate of Hell will be opened for him, and he will be told, ‘That would have been your place there, and that is what Allah would have prepared for you therein had you disobeyed your Lord.’ His joy and happiness will increase. Then his grave will be widened for him by seventy cubits and illuminated for him. His body will be restored to its original state, and his soul will be placed amid fragrant breezes; it is a bird that feeds among the trees of Paradise.”
In another wording: “And he is in a bird that feeds among the trees of Paradise.” Abū Hurayrah said: Allah Most High said:
“Allah makes those who believe firm with the firm word, in the life of this world and in the Hereafter.”
In another wording: “Then the body is returned to that from which it originated.” This return is the one mentioned in the words of the Most High:
“From it We created you, into it We shall return you, and from it We shall bring you forth once again.”
It is not the second creation.
Al-Hākim also narrated it in his Sahīh, from Maʿmar, from Qatādah, from Qasāmah ibn Zuhayr, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said:
“When the believer is at the point of death, the angels of mercy come to him with a piece of white silk and say, ‘Come out, well pleased and pleasing to Allah, to rest and fragrance and a Lord who is not angry.’ It comes out like the sweetest scent of musk, so much so that some of them pass it