300 hadith
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death or pray for it before it comes to him, unless he is certain of his own deeds. For if one of you dies, his deeds come to an end, and a believer's life only adds to his good."
أحمد 8607SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death, nor pray for it before it comes. When one of you dies, his deeds come to an end. The lifespan of a believer adds nothing to him but good."
الأعظمي 3529SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death or call upon it before it comes. When one of you dies, his deeds come to an end, and the believer's life only increases him in good."
الأعظمي 10956SahihIt was reported from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he mentioned several hadiths, among them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How excellent it is for a slave to die while excelling in the worship of Allah and in serving his master well.…
مسلم 4324SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was reported to have said several things, among them, "None of you should wish for death or pray for it before it comes to him. When one of you dies, his deeds come to an end, and the believer's lifespan only…
مسلم 6819SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death, nor pray for it before it comes to him. When one of you dies, his deeds come to an end, and a believer's life only adds to his good."
أحمد 8189SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How good it is for a slave to be taken in death while worshipping Allah well and serving his master faithfully. How good that is for him."
أحمد 8233SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, perhaps he will increase in goodness, and if he is a wrongdoer, perhaps he will seek to make amends."
أحمد 7578SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, perhaps he will increase his good deeds, and if he is a wrongdoer, perhaps he will seek to make amends."
الأعظمي 10955SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is a wrongdoer, he may yet seek to make amends." In another wording, "None of you should wish for death,…
الأعظمي 14653SahihPrompt your dying ones with "There is no god but Allah," for the soul of the believer departs gently like perspiration, while the soul of the disbeliever comes out from the side of his mouth the way the soul of a donkey leaves its body.
الأعظمي 11095HasanPrompt your dying ones with "There is no god but Allah," for the soul of the believer departs gently like perspiration, while the soul of the disbeliever comes out from the side of his mouth the way the soul of a donkey leaves its body.
الأعظمي 3495HasanI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, three days before his death, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
الأعظمي 12087SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a wrongdoer, he may yet seek forgiveness, and if he is a doer of good, he may yet increase in good deeds."
أحمد 10669SahihJabir reported, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, three days before his death, 'None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah.'"
الأعظمي 3519SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, he may increase in his good deeds, and if he is a wrongdoer, perhaps he may seek to make amends."
أحمد 8086SahihJabir reported, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say three days before his death, 'None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah.'"
الأعظمي 979SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, perhaps he may increase his good deeds, and if he is a wrongdoer, perhaps he may seek to make amends."
البخاري 7235SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The soul of the believer leaves gently like trickling sweat, and I do not like a death like the death of a donkey." Someone asked, "What is the death of a donkey?" He replied, "Sudden death."
الترمذي 980DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "How excellent it is for one of them to worship his Lord well and to be sincere to his master." In another wording, "How excellent it is for a slave to die while worshipping Allah well and serving his master faithfully.…
الأعظمي 14014SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death. If he is a doer of good, he may increase in goodness, and if he is a wrongdoer, he may yet seek to make amends."
النسائي 1819SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How excellent it is for a servant that Allah takes his soul while he is engaged in the beautiful worship of his Lord and in obedience to his master. How excellent it is for him, how excellent it is for him."
أحمد 7655SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death."
أحمد 12664SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should ever wish for death. If he is a doer of good, he may live longer and increase in good, which is better for him. And if he is a wrongdoer, he may yet seek to make amends."
النسائي 1820SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
أحمد 14580SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, three days before his death, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of his Lord."
أحمد 14481SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, three days before his death, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
أحمد 14532SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not wish for death, for the terror of what awaits at the moment of departure is severe. It is part of true happiness that a servant be granted a long life and that Allah grant him the grace of turning back…
أحمد 14564DifficultUqba bin Amr said to Hudhayfa, "Won't you tell us what you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say?" Hudhayfa replied, "I heard him say, 'When Dajjal comes out, he will have with him water and fire. What people see as fire is actually cool…
أحمد 23353SahihHe said, "I also heard him say, 'A man was approaching death, and when he despaired of living he instructed his family, "When I die, gather a great deal of firewood for me and set it ablaze, and once the fire has consumed my flesh and…
البخاري 3452SahihWe went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to the funeral of a man from the Ansar. We reached the grave before the side niche had been dug, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and we sat around him, still as though birds were perched on our…
أحمد 18535SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever dies while ill dies as a martyr, is shielded from the trial of the grave, and is provided with his sustenance from Paradise morning and evening."
ابن ماجه 1615DaifWe went out with the Prophet ﷺ to attend the funeral of a man from the Ansar. We arrived at the grave before the niche had been dug, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and we sat around him as if birds were perched on our heads. In his…
أحمد 18534SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Prompt your dying to say, 'There is no god but Allah.'"
الأعظمي 12954SahihShe reported that Abu Bakr [[r1]] came riding his horse from his residence in al-Sunh until he dismounted and entered the mosque. He did not speak to the people but went straight in to Ayesha [[r2]]. He approached the Prophet ﷺ, who was…
البخاري 1241-1242SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man, "When you go to your bed in a state of purity, say, 'O Allah, I have submitted my face to You, entrusted my back to You, and committed my affair to You, in hope of You and in fear of You. There is no…
أحمد 18561SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not wish for death, for the terror of what awaits at the moment of departure is severe. Part of true happiness is that a servant be granted a long life and that Allah grant him the grace to turn to Him in…
الأعظمي 3530HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Let none of you die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
ابن ماجه 4167SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "No Muslim dies on the night of Friday except that he is spared from the trial of the grave."
الأعظمي 3879HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, three days before his death, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah [[r4]]."
مسلم 7231SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever wishes to be moved away from the Fire and admitted into Paradise, let death come to him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and let him treat people the way he loves to be treated."
أحمد 6807SahihI visited him while he had erysipelas, so we said, "Why don't you hang something on as a charm?" He replied, "Death is closer than that. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever hangs something on as a charm is left to it.'"
الترمذي 2072DaifAisha reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had before him a small leather vessel, or perhaps a bowl, containing water (Umar was uncertain which). He kept dipping his hands into the water and wiping his face with them, saying, "There is no…
الأعظمي 13385SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believer and death is like that of a man who has three friends. One of them is his wealth, which says, 'Take what you wish and leave what you wish.' The second says, 'I am with you. I will…
الأعظمي 15252HasanI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, three days before his death, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
أحمد 14125SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, Abu Bakr was at Sunh. Ismail said, meaning at al-Aliyah. Umar stood up saying, "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has not died." She said that Umar also said, "By Allah, nothing else came to my mind.…
الأعظمي 13194SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, three days before his death, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
أبو داود 3113SahihI heard the Prophet ﷺ, three days before his death, say, "None of you should die except while holding a good opinion of Allah."
مسلم 7229SahihWe were sitting on a rooftop, and with us was a man from among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Yazid said, "I know him only as Abs al-Ghifari." The people were discussing the plague when Abs said, "Plague, take me," repeating it three…
أحمد 16040SahihWe went out with the Prophet ﷺ for the funeral of a man from the Ansar. We reached the grave, and the burial niche had not yet been dug, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and we sat around him, still as though birds were perched on our…
الأعظمي 3866HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you go to your bed, say, 'O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, turned my face toward You, entrusted my affair to You, and placed my back under Your protection, in hope of You and in fear of You.…
أحمد 18680SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, Abu Bakr was with his wife, the daughter of Kharijah, in al-Awali. People began saying that the Prophet ﷺ had not died, but that this was only one of the states that used to come over him when…
ابن ماجه 1627DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death because of some hardship that has befallen him. But if he must do so, then let him say, 'Allah, keep me alive so long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for…
أحمد 13166SahihA close relative of hers was with her, in the throes of death. When the Prophet ﷺ saw the state he was in, he said to her, "Do not grieve for your loved one, for this is among his good deeds."
الأعظمي 3505HasanHad I not heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Do not wish for death," I would have wished for it.
الأعظمي 14651SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "So-and-so, when you go to your bed, say, 'O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, turned my face toward You, entrusted my affair to You, and placed my back under Your protection, in hope of You and in fear…
البخاري 7488SahihWere it not that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should wish for death," I would have wished for it.
أحمد 13708SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed a man that when he lay down in his bed at night, he should say, "O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, turned my face to You, entrusted my back to You, and committed my affair to You, in hope of You…
مسلم 6884SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Shall I teach you words to say when you go to your bed? If you die that night, you will die upon the natural disposition of Islam, and if you wake in the morning, you will wake having earned good. Say, 'O Allah,…
الترمذي 3394SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A believer," or he said, "one of you, should not wish for death. If he must do so, let him say, 'O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take my soul when death is better for me.'"
أحمد 12755Sahih