The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited one of his companions who was sick, and the man had become as frail as a baby chick. He asked him, "Have you been making any supplication to Allah ?"The man replied, "I have been saying, 'O Allah, whatever punishment You intend to inflict upon me in the Hereafter, hasten it for me in this world instead.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "You have no strength to bear the punishment of Allah. Why did you not say, 'O Allah, our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire'?"
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أن رسول الله ﷺ دخل على رجل من أصحابه يعوده وقد صار كالفرخ فقال له هل سألت الله عز وجل قال قلت اللهم ما كنت معاقبي به في الآخرة فعجله في الدنيا فقال له رسول الله ﷺ لا طاقة لك بعذاب الله هلا قلت اللهم ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار