Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3487

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Sahl ibn Yusuf narrated to us; Humayd narrated to us, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a man who had become so wasted by illness that he was like a fledgling. He said to him: ‘Were you not supplicating? Were you not asking your Lord for well-being?’ The man said: ‘I used to say: “O Allah, whatever You would punish me with in the Hereafter, hasten it for me in this world.”’ The Prophet said: ‘Glory be to Allah! You cannot bear it—or you are unable to endure it. Why did you not say: “O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire”?’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith through this route. It has also been narrated through other routes from Anas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).’