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ahmad:24996 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ say in one Rak'ah of the night prayer, "There is no deity except You."  

أحمد:٢٤٩٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ  

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bukhari:7233 – Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿĀṣim > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Anas Lawlā Annī

If I had not heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "You should not long for death," I would have longed (for it).  

البخاري:٧٢٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

أَنَسٌ ؓ لَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُ