Ata bin Saib says: The first day on which I became acquainted with Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila happened like this: I saw an elderly man riding a donkey, his head and beard hair were white, and he was walking behind a funeral procession and narrating: So-and-so son of so-and-so companion narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves to meet him. Upon hearing this, the people began to weep. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, asked: Why are you weeping? The people said: We all dislike death (which means we do not like to meet Allah). The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: It is not like that. When someone's death approaches, if he is among the close servants of Allah, then for him there is comfort, fragrance, and a garden of blessings. So when he is given glad tidings of these things, he begins to love meeting Allah, and Allah desires his meeting even more. But if that person is among the deniers and the misguided, then his hospitality is scalding water, and then he is to enter the blazing fire. So when he is given the news of these things, he begins to dislike meeting Allah, and Allah also greatly dislikes meeting him.