It was narrated that Anas said:
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'None of you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls him. If he must wish for death, let him say: Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairantli wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairanli (O Allah, keep me alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good for me)"
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ح وَأَنْبَأَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
أَلاَ لاَ يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيًا الْمَوْتَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1'Ali bin Hujr bin Iyas bin MaqatilBaghdad,Merv · d. 244 AH
- 2Isma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'Aliyaal-Basra · d. 193 AH
- 3'Abdul 'Aziz bin Suhaibal-Basra · d. 130 AH
- 4'Imarn bin Musa bin 'Amr bin Sa'id
- 5'Abdul Warith bin Sa'id bin Dhakwanal-Basra · d. 180 AH
- 6'Abdul 'Aziz bin Suhaibal-Basra · d. 130 AH
- 7Anas bin MalikMedinah,Damascus, Basrah · d. 93 AH/712 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 21, Hadith 4
- English Reference
- Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1822