Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5671
Book 75: Patients
Chapter 19 The patient's wish for death
باب تَمَنِّي الْمَرِيضِ الْمَوْتَ
Sahih al-Bukhari 5671
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None of you should wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he
has to wish for death, he should say: “O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let
me die if death is better for me.’ “
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ فَاعِلاً فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي ”.
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