My illness has dragged on. Were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Do not wish for death," I would have wished for it. He also said, "A servant is rewarded for all that he spends, except for what goes into dirt," or he said, "into building."
حدثنا إسمعيل بن موسى حدثنا شريك عن أبي إسحق عن حارثة بن مضرب قال أتينا
لقد طال سقمي ولولا أني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول لا تتمنوا الموت لتمنيته وقال إن العبد ليؤجر في نفقته كلها إلا في التراب أو قال في البناء
Reported by Tirmidhi, Book of Funerals, Chapter on what has been said regarding the prohibition of wishing for death, hadith no. 970, from