I visited Khababa to check on him during his illness, and he had been cauterized seven times on his stomach. I heard him say, "Were it not that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it."
حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد عن إسماعيل قال حدثنا
أتيت خبابا أعوده وقد اكتوى سبعا في بطنه فسمعته يقول لولا أن رسول الله ﷺ نهانا أن ندعو بالموت لدعوت به