It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so perhaps he may do more good, or he is an evildoer but perhaps he will give up his evil ways."
Sunan an-Nasa'i
Book 21
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It was narrated from Abu Ubaid the freed slave of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Awf that he heard Abu Huraidah say: 'None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so if he lives he will do more good or he is a doer of evil but perhaps he will give up his evil ways."'
Qais said: "I entered upon Khabbab when he had been cauterized on his stomach seven times. He said: 'Were it not that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it."'
It is narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The believer dies with sweat on his forehead."
It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died while he was between my chest and my chin, and I never disliked the agony of death for anyone after I saw the Messenger of Allah."
It was narrated that Anas said: "The last time I saw the Messenger of Allah, he drew back the curtain when the people were in rows behind Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. Abu Bakr wanted to step back, but he gestured to them to stay as they were, and let the curtain drop. He died at the end of that day, and that was a Monday."
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said: "A man who had been born in Al-Madinah died there, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed for him, then he said: 'Would that he had died somewhere other than the place where he was born.' They said: 'Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: If a man dies somewhere other than the place where he was born, a space in him equal to the distance between the place where he was born and the place where he died."
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah, the Most High, said: If My slave loves to meet Me, I love to meet him, and if he hates to meet Me, I hate to meet him."'
It was narrated from 'Ubadah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him."
It was narrated that 'Ubadah bin As-Samit said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah, hates to meet him."'
It was narrated from 'Aishah: that Abu Bakr kissed the Prophet (ﷺ) between the eyes when he had died.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas and Aishah: that Abu Bakr kissed the Prophet (ﷺ) when he had died.
It was narrated that Aishah said that: Abu Bakr came riding a horse from his home in As-Sunuh, then he dismounted and entered the Masjid. He did not speak to the people until he met 'Aishah and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was covered with a Hibrah Burd. He uncovered his face, bent over him and kissed him, and wept. Then he said: "May my father be ransomed for you. By Allah! Allah will never cause you to die twice; the death that was decreed for you, you have died."
Jabir said: "My father was brought on the day of Uhud and he had been mutilated. He was placed in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) covered with a cloth. I wanted to uncover him but my people forbade m3e to do so. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that he was lifted up, he heard the voice of a woman weeping. He said: 'Who is this?' They said: 'This is the daughter of 'Amr, or the sister of 'Amr.' He said: 'Do not weep, or 'She should not weep, for the angels kept on shading him with their wings until he was lifted up,""
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "When a young daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was dying, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) picked her up and held her to his chest, then he put his hand on her, and she died in front of the Messenger of Allah. Umm Ayman wept and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said 'Oh Umm Ayman, do you weep while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is with you?' She said: 'Why shouldn't I weep when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is weeping." So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said "Verily, I am not weeping. Rather it is compassion.' Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The believer is fine whatever the situation; even when his soul is being pulled from his body and he praises Allah, the Mighty and Sublime"'
It was narrated from Jabir that his father was killed on the day of Uhud. He saide: "I started to uncover his face, weeping. The people told me not to do that but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not forbid me. My paternal aunt started to weep, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Do not weep, for angels kept on shading him with their wings until you lifted him up."'
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The deceased is punished due to the weeping of his family for him."
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Subaih said: "I heard Muhammad bin Sirin say: It was mentioned in the presence of 'Imran bin Husain that the deceased is punished due to the weeping of the living.' 'Imran said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said it."
It was narrated that Ibn Shihab said: "Salim said: 'I heard 'Abdullah bin 'Umar say: 'Umar said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The deceased is punished due to his family's weeping for him."'
It was narrated from Hakim bin Qais, that Qais bin 'Asim said: "Do not wail over me, for no one wailed over the Messenger of Allah." This is an abridgment.