صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب المرضىThe Book of Patients
بَابُ تَمَنِّي الْمَرِيضِ الْمَوْتَ:Chapter. The patient’s wish for death.
Hadith 5672
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، قَالَ : " دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا الَّذِينَ سَلَفُوا مَضَوْا وَلَمْ تَنْقُصْهُمُ الدُّنْيَا ، وَإِنَّا أَصَبْنَا مَا لَا نَجِدُ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا إِلَّا التُّرَابَ ، وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ ، لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَهُوَ يَبْنِي حَائِطًا لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُنْفِقُهُ إِلَّا فِي شَيْءٍ يَجْعَلُهُ فِي هَذَا التُّرَابِ " .
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim: We went to pay a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had been branded (cauterized) at seven places in his body. He said, "Our companions who died (during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this world) without having their rewards reduced through enjoying the pleasures of this life, but we have got (so much) wealth that we find no way to spend It except on the construction of buildings Had the Prophet not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have wished for it.' We visited him for the second time while he was building a wall. He said, A Muslim is rewarded (in the Hereafter) for whatever he spends except for something that he spends on building."
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Constructing buildings without benefit and spending money on them is the worst form of extravagance, yet today most people are involved in exactly this.
It is best to try to remain protected from this as much as possible.
Constructing buildings without benefit and spending money on them is the worst form of extravagance, yet today most people are involved in exactly this.
It is best to try to remain protected from this as much as possible.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5672
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Khabab bin Al-Aratt radi Allahu anhu said:
After the passing of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we acquired so much wealth of the world that there was no place to keep it, and apart from building houses, we saw no other use for it.
From this, it is understood that spending wealth on constructing buildings is blameworthy, but a building that is limited to personal necessity is not blameworthy, because without it, subsistence is not possible.
(2)
In this hadith, the prohibition of supplicating to Allah Ta’ala for one’s own death is established. In any case, praying for death is one thing, and merely desiring it is another.
In any case, a person should not supplicate to Allah Ta’ala for his own death; however, a person afflicted with calamity and pain or hardship may wish for death, but it is necessary to adopt the manner mentioned in the hadith.
And Allah knows best.
(1)
Khabab bin Al-Aratt radi Allahu anhu said:
After the passing of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we acquired so much wealth of the world that there was no place to keep it, and apart from building houses, we saw no other use for it.
From this, it is understood that spending wealth on constructing buildings is blameworthy, but a building that is limited to personal necessity is not blameworthy, because without it, subsistence is not possible.
(2)
In this hadith, the prohibition of supplicating to Allah Ta’ala for one’s own death is established. In any case, praying for death is one thing, and merely desiring it is another.
In any case, a person should not supplicate to Allah Ta’ala for his own death; however, a person afflicted with calamity and pain or hardship may wish for death, but it is necessary to adopt the manner mentioned in the hadith.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5672
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
From this hadith, firstly, it is established that wishing for death is prohibited. The only permission is that if a person is afflicted with the trials of life, he may supplicate in this manner: «اللـهـم أحـيـنـى كانت الحيوة خيرا لي ، وتوفني إذا كانت الوفاة خيرا لي» "O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and when death is better for me, then cause me to die." From this hadith, it is also understood that spending excessive money on building a house is wasteful; rather, one should have a suitable home. Spending on children or anyone else is a source of reward, and a person should always continue to spend on them.
From this hadith, firstly, it is established that wishing for death is prohibited. The only permission is that if a person is afflicted with the trials of life, he may supplicate in this manner: «اللـهـم أحـيـنـى كانت الحيوة خيرا لي ، وتوفني إذا كانت الوفاة خيرا لي» "O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and when death is better for me, then cause me to die." From this hadith, it is also understood that spending excessive money on building a house is wasteful; rather, one should have a suitable home. Spending on children or anyone else is a source of reward, and a person should always continue to spend on them.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 154
