Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud #3109
Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)· كتاب الجنائز
sunan_abi_dawud:3109حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَدْعُوَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْمَوْتِ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي " .
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: No one of you should wish for death for any calamity that befalls him, but he should say: O Allah! cause me to live so long as my life is better for me ; and cause me to die where death is better for me.
Chain 1·5 narrators
4
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “قال”
narrated to
3
أنس بن مالك
Sahabithiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb
عبد العزيز بن صهيب
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
عبد الوارث
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Bishr ibn Hilal← Compiler
بشر بن هلال
Tabi'iunknown
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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