أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُکُمْ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَکِنْ لِيَقُلْ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا کَانَتْ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا کَانَتْ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1825
It was narrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “None of you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls him, rather he should say: ‘Allahumma ahInI ma kanatil ‘iayatu khairanlI wa tawaffanI idhakanatil-wafatu khairanlI (Allah, keep me alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good for me.)” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020