What Has Been Related About The Severity Of Death
Darussalam · Volume 2
8. The Chapters On Janā'iz From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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980. [Alqamah narrated: “I heard ‘Abdullāh saying: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: “The believer’s soul seeps out, and I do not like the death like that of a donkey.” They said: “And what is the death of the donkey?” He said: “A sudden death.”] (Da’if)
٩٨٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُسَامُ بْنُ الْمِصَكِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ نَفْسَ الْمُؤْمِنِ تَخْرُجُ رَشْحًا،» وَلَا أُحِبُّ مَوْتًا كَمَوْتِ الْحِمَارِ. قِيلَ: وَمَا مَوْتُ الْحِمَارِ؟ قَالَ: مَوْتُ الْفَجْأَةِ (١).
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The Prophet ﷺ sought exclusion from sudden death because in such a death there is no chance of asking Allāh’s forgiveness.