Hadith 17631

Chapter 30

باب 30

(30) باب الدُّعَاءِ بِالْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ

(30) Chapter: The invocation for death or life (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ.

Narrated Qais:
I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands over his `Abdomen, and I heard him saying, "If the Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked Allah for it." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih al-Bukhari 6350 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 80, Hadith 47 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 361 (ES)