Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 5671

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The patient's wish for death.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

75 - THE BOOK OF PATIENTS

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الحديث: 5671 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 121

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5671. Narrated Anas bin Mālik رضي الله عنه: 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 Allāh! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let me die if death is better for me."

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5671 - حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ البُنَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ المَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ فَاعِلًا، فَلْيَقُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي "

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