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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5671
اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي
Allāhumma aḥyinī mā kānati al-ḥayāhu khayran lī, watawaffanī idhā kānati al-wafāhu khayran lī
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Anas bin Malik:The 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 death is better for me
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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 5671
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
Also narrated in Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 970, Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3108, Sunan Ibn Mājah 4265, Sunan an-Nasā'ī 1820, Sunan an-Nasā'ī 1821, Sunan an-Nasā'ī 1822.
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