اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Lu'lu' wal-Marjan
كتاب الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفارBook of Remembrance, Supplication, Repentance, and Seeking Forgiveness
باب كراهة تمني الموت لضر نزل به
Dislike of Wishing for Death Due to Harm
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Hadith 1717
1717 صحيح حديث أَنَسٍ رضي الله عنه، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيًا لِلْمَوْتِ، فَلْيَقُلِ اللهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should wish for death because of any harm that has befallen him. If wishing for death becomes necessary, then he should say: "O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and cause me to die when death is better for me."
Hadith 1718
1718 صحيح حديث خَبَّابٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا، وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: لَوْلاَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ، لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ
Qais bin Abi Hazim narrated that I went to the service of Hazrat Khabbab bin Arat (may Allah be pleased with him); he had applied seven cauterizations (for the treatment of some illness). He said that if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not forbidden us from praying for death, I would certainly have prayed for it.
