6. We were told by Muhammed bin Qasem, the exegete, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Hussaini, from Hasan bin Ali, from his father, from Muhammed bin Ali, from his father, peace be upon them, that he said:

Musa bin Ja’far, peace be upon them both, entered into the place of a man who had drowned into the intoxication of death whilst not answering a caller, and they said to him: O son of Allah’s Messenger, we would love to know how death is and what the case of our companion is. He said: Death is the purifier; it purifies the believers from their sins, by which the last pain that afflicts them is an expiation for the last burden that remains upon them, and it purifies the disbelievers from their good deeds, by which it is the last delight or comfort that follows them, and it is the last reward for a good deed that is to them. As for this companion of yours, he has been sieved from sins in a (complete manner of) sieving, and he has been purified from error in a (complete manner of) purification, and he has been rid (of filth) until he has become clean like how a robe is cleaned from filth, and he has become suitable to mingle with us, the Household, in our Home, the Home of the Everlasting.