Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17433

Urwah bin Ruwaym has narrated this from Sayyiduna Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the elderly men among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He wished that he would pass away, and he used to make this supplication:
'Allahumma kaburat sinni, wa raqqa azmi, faqbidni ilayk'
(O Allah! I have grown old and my bones have become weak, so take me to You.)
The narrator says: One day I was in the mosque of Damascus when a very handsome young man, wearing green clothing, said: "What is this supplication you are making?" He said: "O my nephew! Then what should I supplicate?" He said: "Say: 'Allahumma hasuna al-amal, wa balagha al-ajal' (O Allah! Make the deeds good and bring me to the appointed term, that is, death)."
I said: "Who are you, may Allah Almighty have mercy on you?" He said: "I am Raba'il, who removes grief from the hearts of the believers."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; the narrator Urwah has been declared thiqah (trustworthy) by more than one scholar, and I do not know the narrator Sa'id bin Miqlas; the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.