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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الجنائزBook of Funerals
بَابُ كَرَاهَةِ تَمَنِّي الْمَوْتِ وَفَضْلِ طُولِ الْعُمُرِ مَعَ حُسْنِ الْعَمَلِChapter on the dislike of wishing for death and the virtue of long life with good deeds
Hadith 2988
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَنَسَ بْنِ مَالِكَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ((لَا يَتَمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَلْيَقُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should wish for death because of any hardship; and if he has no other option, then he should say this supplication: "O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and cause me to die when death is better for me."
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … One should exercise patience in every kind of physical and spiritual distress, and should not wish for death due to any affliction. If someone is overwhelmed by his suffering, then he should recite the supplication mentioned in the hadith. It is a commendable act to ask for a righteous life without hardship and a good end at the time of death. The subject of this hadith is the person who, becoming weary of some calamity, begins to consider death better for himself.
