Hadith 17681

Chapter 30

باب 30

(30) باب الدُّعَاءِ بِالْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ

(30) Chapter: The invocation for death or life (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا قَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ.

Narrated Qais:
I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands(1) and he said, "Had Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked (Allah) for it." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih al-Bukhari 6349 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 80, Hadith 46 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 8, Book 75, Hadith 360 (ES)