مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب التوبة
Book of Repentance
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي طُولِ عُمُرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ ، وَالنَّهْيِ عَنْ تَمَنِّيهِ الْمَوْتَ .
Long life for the believer, and the prohibition of wishing for death
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عَنْ أُمِّ الْفَضْلِ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - دَخَلَ عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ ، وَهُوَ يَشْتَكِي فَتَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ فَقَالَ : " يَا عَبَّاسُ ، عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَا تَمَنَّ الْمَوْتَ ، إِنْ كُنْتَ مُحْسِنًا تَزْدَادُ إِحْسَانًا إِلَى إِحْسَانِكَ خَيْرًا لَكَ ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مُسِيئًا اسْتَغْنَيْتَ خَيْرًا لَكَ ، لَا تَمَنَّ الْمَوْتَ " .
Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), who was ill, and he wished for death. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abbas, O uncle of the Messenger of Allah, do not wish for death. For if you are a doer of good, (then with a long life) your good deeds will increase further, and that is better for you; and if you are a doer of evil, you will be given respite and return (that is, repent), and that is better for you. So do not wish for death at all."
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : " إِنْ كُنْتَ مُسِيئًا ; فَإِنْ تُؤَخِّرْ تُسْتَعْتَبْ مِنْ إِسَاءَتِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَأَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ هِنْدِ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ ; فَإِنْ كَانَتْ هِيَ الْقُرَشِيَّةُ أَوِ الْفِرَاسِيَّةُ فَقَدِ احْتُجَّ بِهَا فِي الصَّحِيحِ ، وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْخَثْعَمِيَّةَ فَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا .
In one narration the words are: "If you are a doer of evil, you are given respite and you turn back from your evil, then that is better for you."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except for a woman named Hind bint al-Harith: if she is "al-Qurashiyyah" or "al-Firasiyyah", she has been used as evidence in the Sahih, and if she is "al-Khath'amiyyah", then I do not know her.
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except for a woman named Hind bint al-Harith: if she is "al-Qurashiyyah" or "al-Firasiyyah", she has been used as evidence in the Sahih, and if she is "al-Khath'amiyyah", then I do not know her.
وَعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " لَا تُمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ ; فَإِنَّ هَوْلَ الْمُطَّلَعِ شَدِيدٌ ، وَإِنَّ مِنَ السَّعَادَةِ أَنْ يَطُولَ عُمْرُ الْعَبْدِ ، وَيَرْزُقَهُ اللَّهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - الْإِنَابَةَ " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ .
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not wish for death, for the terror of the place of emergence (perhaps meaning the life after death, or the Day of Resurrection) is severe; and it is part of good fortune that a servant's life is long and that Allah Almighty grants him (the ability to) turn back (that is, to repent)."
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
وَعَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ : جَلَسْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَذَكَرْنَا وَرَقَقْنَا ، فَبَكَى سَعْدٌ فَأَكْثَرَ الْبُكَاءَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا لَيْتَنِي مُتُّ ! فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " يَا سَعْدُ ، أَعِنْدِي تَتَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ ؟ " . فَرَدَّدَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " يَا سَعْدُ ، إِنْ كُنْتَ خُلِقْتَ لِلْجَنَّةِ فَمَا طَالَ عُمْرُكَ ، وَحَسُنَ مِنْ عَمَلِكَ ، فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَزَادَ فِيهِ : " وَإِنْ كُنْتَ خُلِقْتَ لِلنَّارِ ، فَبِئْسَ الشَّيْءُ تَتَعَجَّلُ إِلَيْهِ " . ، وَفِيهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْأَلْهَانِيُّ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He admonished us and spoke words that soften the hearts, and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep and wept a great deal. He said: Would that I had died! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Sa'd, are you wishing for death in my presence?" This exchange took place three times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Sa'd, if you were created for Paradise, then the longer your life and the better your deeds, the better it is for you." Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and al-Tabarani added these words in it: "And if you were created for the Fire, then it is an evil thing that you would hasten towards." Its chain contains Ali bin Yazid al-Alhani, who is da'if (weak).
