Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2270
وَعَن عبد الله بن يسر قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ: «طُوبَى لِمَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: ( «ن تُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا وَلِسَانُكَ رَطْبٌ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ» رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Busr reported: A Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked, ‘Who among people is best?’ He replied, ‘Blessed is the one whose life is long and whose deeds are good.’ The man asked, ‘Messenger of God, which deeds are best?’ He replied, ‘That you leave this world while your tongue is moist with remembrance of God.’ Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi transmitted it. The Arabic source grades it sahih (al-Albani).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic has the incomplete-looking phrase ن تفارق الدنيا; the translation follows its apparent meaning ‘that you leave the world.’
وَعَن عبد الله بن يسر قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ: «طُوبَى لِمَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: ( «ن تُفَارِقَ الدُّنْيَا وَلِسَانُكَ رَطْبٌ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ» رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ
The phrase appears as (ن تفارق الدنيا, with an apparent missing beginning before تفارق.
Is the wording intended to be أن تفارق الدنيا?