Mukhtasar Muslim

`Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) (narrating from the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him) says that` when the soul of a believer departs from the body, two angels come before it and take it up to the sky. Hammad (the narrator of the hadith) said that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) also mentioned the fragrance of that soul and musk, and said that the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) say: "A pure soul has come from the earth. May Allah have mercy on you and on your body which you inhabited." Then they take it to the Lord of the worlds. Then the Lord of the worlds says: "Take it (to its place, i.e., in 'Illiyyin where the souls of the believers reside) and keep it there until the Day of Resurrection." And when the soul of a disbeliever departs (the narrator of the hadith) Hammad said that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned its foul odor and the curse upon it, that the inhabitants of the heavens say: "An impure soul has come from the earth." Then the command is given: "Take it (to its place in Sijjin where the souls of the disbelievers reside) until the Day of Resurrection." Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when mentioning the soul of the disbeliever and describing its foul odor, placed a fine cloth which he was wearing over his nose to demonstrate, and said: "Like this."