8 - Chapter: On Dying Away from One's Birthplace

1832 - Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la informed us, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Huyayy ibn Abd Allah narrated to me, from Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli, from Abd Allah ibn Amr, who said: A man died in Medina who had been born there, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed over him, then said: "Would that he had died away from his birthplace." They said: "And why is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Indeed, when a man dies away from his birthplace, it is measured for him from his birthplace to the end of his trace in Paradise."

9 - Chapter: On What Honor Is Bestowed Upon the Believer When His Soul Departs

1833 - Ubayd Allah ibn Sa'id informed us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Qasamah ibn Zuhayr, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When the believer is present at death, the angels of mercy come to him with white silk, and they say: 'Come forth, content and accepted, to the mercy of Allah, and fragrance, and a Lord who is not angry.' So it comes forth like the most pleasant fragrance of musk that can be found, until they pass him from one to another until they bring him to the gate of the heaven, where they say: 'How fragrant is this fragrance that has come to you from the earth!' They bring him to the souls of the believers, and they rejoice over him more than a family member rejoices when one of them returns from a journey. They ask him: 'What did so-and-so do? What did so-and-so do?' They say: 'Leave him, for he has just come from the distress of the world.' He says: 'He has come to me, so ask him.' One of them says: 'Did so-and-so not come to you?' He says: 'So-and-so has died before me.' They say: 'We bear witness that he is in the Fire.'"

Then he said: "And when the disbeliever is present at death, the angels of punishment come to him with sackcloth, and they say: 'Come forth, angry and wrathful, to the punishment of Allah, and His wrath.' So it comes forth like the foulest stench of a corpse that can be found, until they pass him from one to another until they bring him to the gate of the earth, where they say: 'How foul is this stench that has come to you from the earth!' They bring him to the souls of the disbelievers, and they say: 'What did so-and-so do? What did so-and-so do?' They say: 'Leave him, for he has just come from the distress of the world.' He says: 'He has come to me, so ask him.' One of them says: 'Did so-and-so not come to you?' He says: 'So-and-so has died before me.' They say: 'We bear witness that he is in the Fire.'"