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So the man set out. He had only reached half way when death
overtook him; whereupon the Angels of Mercy and the Angels of
Punishment debated with one another for his soul. The Angels of
Mercy entreated that he had become penitent and had turned
towards Allah; whereas the Angels of Punishment entreated that he
had never done a good deed. Then, in the form of a human, an
angel appeared before them and the angels were agreeable that he
should arbitrate between them. He told them to measure the
distance between the two lands, saying that the land the man was
closer too was the land to which he belonged. The angels measured
the distance and he was found to be closer to the land to which he
was journeying, so the Angels of Mercy took charge of him.”

In another narration it says that the man was found closer to the
land of the righteous by the span of a hand and was counted to be
one of them.

There is also another narration that says that Allah commanded the
space on one side to expand and the space on the other to contract,