رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 585
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Chapter 66
Chapter context: Abomination of longing for Death
- باب كراهة تمنى الموت بسبب ضر نزل به ولا بأس به لخوف الفتنة فى الدين
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Original Arabic
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “لا يتمنين أحدكم الموت لضر أصابه فإن كان لابد فاعلاً، فليقل: اللهم أحينى ما كانت الحياة خيراً لى، وتوفنى إذا كانت الوفاة خيراً لى” ((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Let none of you wish for death on account of an affliction that befalls him. If he has no alternative, let him pray: 'Allahumma ahyine ma kanatil-hayatu khairan li, wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairan li (O Allah! Give my life so long as the life is good for me, and take away my life if death is good for me)'." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 585 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 585 under the chapter “Abomination of longing for Death.”
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