Hadith
Riyad as-Salihin #1257
The Book of Miscellany· كتاب المقدمات
riyad_as_salihin:1257وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " لا يتمنين أحدكم الموت لضر أصابه، فإن كان لابد فاعلاً فليقل: اللهم أحيني ما كانت الحياة خيراً لي وتوفني إذا كانت الوفاة خيراً لي" ((متفق عليه)) .
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Let not one of you wish for death because of a misfortune which befalls him. If he cannot help doing so, he should say: 'O Allah, keep me alive as long as You know that life is better for me, and make me die when death is better for me"..
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