Sunan an-Nasa'i 1822
Praying For Death
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ وَهُوَ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
لاَ تَدْعُوا بِالْمَوْتِ وَلاَ تَتَمَنَّوْهُ فَمَنْ كَانَ دَاعِيًا لاَ بُدَّ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh
- my father
- Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān
- al-Ḥajjāj / al-Baṣrī
- Yūnus
- Thābit
- Anas
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not pray for death or wish for it. Whoever insists on praying for it let him say: Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairanli 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.)"'
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih Isnaad | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih Isnaad | fawazahmed0 |