al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 1959
✧ Desire for death
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلِ اللهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
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Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Yazīd b. Zurayʿ
- Ḥumayd
- Anas
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Let none of you wish for death because of some harm that has befallen him in this world. But let him say: O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.”
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