أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ح وَأَنْبَأَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَا لَا يَتَمَنَّی أَحَدُکُمْ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ کَانَ لَا بُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيًا الْمَوْتَ فَلْيَقُلْ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا کَانَتْ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي مَا کَانَتْ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1826
It was narrated that Anas said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘None of you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls him. If he must wish for death, let him say: (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