Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Musa ibn Al-Hasan, from Sulayman Al-Ja’fari, who said: I saw Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام saying to his son Al-Qasim: "Stand up, my son, and recite at the head of your brother 'By those who set the ranks (Surah As-Saffat)' until you complete it." So he recited it, and when he reached 'Are they stronger as a creation or those We created?' the young man passed away. When he was shrouded and they left, Ya’qub ibn Ja’far approached Imam عليه السلام and said: "We were accustomed to reciting 'Ya-Sin and the Wise Quran (Surah Yasin)' at the side of a dying person, but now you are instructing us to recite As-Saffat?" Imam عليه السلام عليه السلام said: "My son, As-Saffat is never recited for one in distress except that Allah سبحانه وتعالى hastens his relief."