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“None of you should wish for death, because if he is virtuous it is
possible that he might add to his good works, and if he is an evil
doer he might be able to remedy his past. None of you should wish
or pray for it (death) before it comes to him. When he dies his deeds
are terminated. The life of a believer does not increase except in
good (for them).”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, said this.

DO NOT WISH FOR DEATH ON ACCOUNT OF MISFORTUNE

|H 590

“None of you should wish for death because of a misfortune that
comes to him. When anyone is badly afflicted, he should say, 'Allah
let me live as long as my life is better for me, and cause me to die
when death is better for me.'”