Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1819
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْدِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِمَّا مُحْسِنًا فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَعِيشَ يَزْدَادُ خَيْرًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ وَإِمَّا مُسِيئًا فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَسْتَعْتِبَ " .
‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman narrated to us: Baqiyyah narrated to us: al-Zubaydi narrated to us: al-Zuhri told me, from Abu ‘Ubayd, the freedman of ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf, who heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah said: ‘None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, perhaps he will live and increase in good, and that is better for him; and if he is a wrongdoer, perhaps he will repent and make amends.’