Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7234
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابَ بْنَ الأَرَتِّ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ.
Translation
Qays said: We went to visit Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt, who had undergone cauterization seven times. He said, “If the Messenger of God had not forbidden us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it.”