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Praying For Death

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Book OfFunerals

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 1823 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 4

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1824. Qais said: "I entered upon Khabbāb when he had been cauterized on his stomach seven times. He said: 'Were it not that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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1823 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدْ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا وَقَالَ: «لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ دَعَوْتُ بِهِ»

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In that period of time, cauterization (with fire) was considered a remedy of some diseases. But Allāh's Messenger ﷺ did not like it, because it is extremely painful. It is permissible only when there is an overwhelmingly dire need. The venerable Khabbab must have probably become overwhelmed, or he might not have come to know of narrations indicating its prohibition.