حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى ، عَنْ
إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
قَيْسٌ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ
خَبَّابًا وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : " لَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ " .
Narrated Qais: I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands over his `Abdomen, and I heard him saying, "If the Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked Allah for it."