English Translation

Hadrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be well pleased with him) narrated from the Beloved Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him): "Indeed, when the soul of the believer is taken, the angels of mercy come to him with a white silk cloth and say: 'Come out to the mercy of Allah.' So it comes out like the most pleasant fragrance of musk. They pass it from one to another, smelling it, until they bring it to the gate of heaven. They say: 'What is this pleasant fragrance that has come from the earth?' Every heaven they pass through, they say the same, until they bring it to the souls of the believers. They are more joyful at his arrival than the family of a traveler at his return. They say: 'What did so-and-so do?' They reply: 'Leave him to rest, for he was in the distress of the world.' He says: 'He has died — did he not come to you?' They say: 'He was taken to his mother, the Abyss.' As for the disbeliever, the angels of punishment come to him with sackcloth and say: 'Come out to the wrath of Allah.' So it comes out like the most putrid stench of a corpse, and they take it to the gate of the earth."