Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1822
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ، - وَهُوَ الْبَصْرِيُّ - عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَدْعُوا بِالْمَوْتِ وَلاَ تَتَمَنَّوْهُ فَمَنْ كَانَ دَاعِيًا لاَ بُدَّ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي " .
Ahmad ibn Hafs ibn ‘Abdullah narrated to us: My father told me: Ibrahim ibn Tahman told me, from al-Hajjaj—the Basran—from Yunus, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not pray for death or wish for it. If anyone must pray for it, let him say: “O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and cause me to die when death is better for me.”’