Washing of the Deceased
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 24
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «قِيلَ لِمَلَكِ اَلْمَوْتِ عليه السلام، كَيْفَ تَقْبِضُ اَلْأَرْوَاحَ وَ بَعْضُهَا فِي اَلْمَغْرِبِ وَ بَعْضُهَا فِي اَلْمَشْرِقِ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَقَالَ أَدْعُوهَا فَتُجِيبُنِي» قَالَ «فَقَالَ مَلَكُ اَلْمَوْتِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنَّ اَلدُّنْيَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ كَالْقَصْعَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَحَدِكُمْ يَتَنَاوَلُ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءَ وَ اَلدُّنْيَا عِنْدِي كَالدِّرْهَمِ فِي كَفِّ أَحَدِكُمْ يُقَلِّبُهُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "It was said to the Angel of Death عليه السلام, 'How do you seize souls while some are in the west and others in the east at the same moment?' He said: 'I summon them, and they respond to me.' Imam عليه السلام said: “Then, The Angel of Death, said: 'The world is like a bowl in front of me from which I take as I please, and the world is like a coin in the palm of one of you, which you turn as you wish.'
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh