Hadith 2079

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When a believer is near death, the angels of mercy come with a white silk cloth and say, 'Come out content and pleasing to Allah, to His mercy and fragrance, and a Lord who is not angry.' The soul comes out like the most pleasant scent of musk, and the angels pass it to one another until they bring it to the gates of heaven. They say, 'What a pleasant scent has come from the earth!' They bring it to the souls of the believers, who rejoice more for it than one of you rejoices for the return of a loved one. They ask, 'What has so-and-so done? What has so-and-so done?' They say, 'Leave him, for he was in the distress of the world.' They say, 'He has died. Has he not come to you?' They reply, 'He has been taken to his mother, the abyss.' When a disbeliever is near death, the angels of punishment come with sackcloth and say, 'Come out displeased and displeasing to Allah, to His punishment.' The soul comes out like the foulest stench of a corpse until they bring it to the gates of the earth. They say, 'What a foul stench has come from the earth!' Then they bring it to the souls of the disbelievers."