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Book 80: Invocations

Chapter: The invocation for death or life

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Anas bin Malik 4 narrators
Muhammad bin Salam al-Baykandi Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn ~160 AH – 227 AH or 225 AH Isma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'Aliya Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 110 AH – 193 AH Abdul Aziz bin Suhaib Tābiʿī d. 130 AH Anas bin Malik Companion 10 BH/613 CE – 93 AH/712 CE
Narrated Anas:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said," None of you should long for death because of a calamity that had befallen him, and if he cannot, but long for death, then he should say, 'O Allah! Let me live as long as life is better for me, and take my life if death is better for me.' "

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 6351

In-book reference

Book 80, Hadith 48

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 362

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيًا لِلْمَوْتِ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي ‏"‏‏.‏

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