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المستدرك على الصحيحين
Al Mustadrak ala al‑Sahihayn
كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ
Book of Funerals
النَّهْيُ عَنْ تَمَنِّي الْمَوْتِ
The prohibition of wishing for death
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Hadith Number: 1269
حدثنا ابو العباس محمد بن يعقوب، اخبرنا محمد بن عبد الله بن عبد الحكم، حدثنا ابي وشعيب بن الليث قالا: اخبرنا الليث بن سعد، عن يزيد بن الهاد، عن هند بنت الحارث، عن ام الفضل ان رسول الله ﷺ دخل عليهم وعباس عم رسول الله ﷺ يشتكي، فتمنى عباس الموت، فقال له رسول الله ﷺ:"يا عم، لا تتمن الموت، فإنك إن كنت محسنا كنت تؤخر تزداد إحسانا إلى إحسانك خيرا لك، وإن كنت مسيئا فإن تؤخر تستعتب من إساءتك خيرا لك، فلا تتمن الموت" (1).
هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين، ولم يخرجاه بهذا اللفظ، إنما اتفقا (2) على حديث قيس عن (3) خباب: لولا ان رسول الله ﷺ نهانا ان نتمنى الموت لتمنيته.
Hind bint al-Harith narrates from Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit them while Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), the uncle of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was ill, and Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) wished for death. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O uncle! Do not wish for death, for if you are a doer of good, you will be given respite so that you may add more good to your good, which is better for you; and if you are a wrongdoer, you will be given respite so that you may repent of your sins, which is better for you. So do not wish for death." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with these words. They agreed on the hadith of Qays from Khabbab: "Had the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not forbidden us to wish for death, I would certainly have wished for it."


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