Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Patients
19- بَابُ تَمَنِّي الْمَرِيضِ الْمَوْتَ:
(19) Chapter. The patient’s wish for death.
4 hadith · references 5671–5674
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Bukhari · 5671لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَلْيَقُلْ ، اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي ، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِيThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he has to wish for death, he should say "O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let me die if dea4 narratorsBukhari · 5672دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا الَّذِينَ سَلَفُوا مَضَوْا وَلَمْ تَنْقُصْهُمُ الدُّنْيَا ، وَإِنَّا أَصَبْنَا مَا لَا نَجِدُ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا إِلَّا التWe went to pay a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had been branded (cauterized) at seven places in his body. He said, "Our companions who died (during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this world) without having t5 narratorsBukhari · 5673لَنْ يُدْخِلَ أَحَدًا عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ ، قَالُوا : وَلَا أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ ، قَالَ : لَا وَلَا أَنَا ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَمَّدَنِي اللَّهُ بِفَضْلٍ وَرَحْمَةٍ ، فَسَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا ، وَلَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise." (i.e., None can enter Paradise through his good deeds.) They (the Prophet's companions) said, 'Not even you, O Allah'5 narratorsBukhari · 5674اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَىI heard the Prophet (ﷺ) , who was resting against me, saying, "O Allah! Excuse me and bestow Your Mercy on me and let me join with the highest companions (in Paradise)." See Qur'an (4.69)5 narrators