`Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that` the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should wish for death, nor should he pray for death before it comes to him. For when any one of you dies, his deeds come to an end, and for the believer, the longer he lives, the more good he does (because he performs more righteous deeds).