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 2991
اُردوEn
عَنْ أُمِّ الْفَضْلِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ وَهُوَ يَشْتَكِي فَتَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ فَقَالَ: ((يَا عَبَّاسُ! يَا عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ! لَا تَتَمَنَّ الْمَوْتَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُحْسِنًا تَزْدَادُ إِحْسَانًا إِلَى إِحْسَانِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مُسِيءًا فَإِنْ تُؤَخَّرْ تَسْتَعْتِبْ خَيْرٌ لَكَ فَلَا تَتَمَنَّ الْمَوْتَ)) (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مُسِيءًا فَإِنْ تُؤَخَّرْ تَسْتَعْتِبْ مِنْ إِسَائَتِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ)
It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) went to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was ill and wishing for death. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: O Abbas! O uncle of the Messenger of Allah! Do not wish for death. If you are righteous, then living longer and increasing in good deeds is better for you, and if you are sinful, then by living you can repent, so that too is better for you. Therefore, do not desire death. In another narration it is stated: If you are sinful, then in the case of a delay in death, repenting from your bad deeds is better for you.
