al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 1962
✧ Praying for Death
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا وَقَالَ لَوْلَا
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Bashhār
- Yaḥyá
- Ismāʿīl
- Qays
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ “forbade us from praying for death.” [The narrator said:] “If he had not forbidden us, I would have prayed for it.”
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