1820. Sunan an-Nasa’i Chapter: Wishing For Death; Book 21, Hadith 3

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Sunan an-Nasa’i
Ref: Book 21, Hadith 3

Bab 21
باب تَمَنِّي الْمَوْتِ ‏
Chapter: Wishing For Death

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، – وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ – عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي ‏” ‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated form Anas that the Messenger of Allah said: “None of you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls him, rather he should say: ‘Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairanli wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairanli (O Allah, keep me alive so alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good for me.)”‘

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