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 72 JUDAISM AND ISLAM.

first. " In Sunna 689 it is said : " Three things follow the dead, Taut two of them turn back ; his family, his goods, and his works follow him ; his family and his goods forsake him again, and only his works remain with him. " This is also found in great detail in Kabbinical Hebrew : l "Man has three friends in his life time, his family, his property, and his good works. At the time of his depar- ture from earth he collects the members of his family, and says to them, ' I beg. you, come and free me from this evil death. ' They answer : ' Hast thou not heard 2 that no one has power over the day of death/ It is also written : 3 ' None of them can by any means redeem his brother, even his

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