al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 3634
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حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ
أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا فَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ»
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- Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná
- Musaddad
- Yaḥyá b. Ismāʿīl
- Qays
✧ I came to Khabbab, and he had cauterized himself seven times in his belly. He said, “Were it not that the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it.”
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