94. Wishes

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94.6 What kind of wishing is disliked

٩٤۔٦ باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ التَّمَنِّي

[Machine] "Do not wish for what Allah has favored some of you over others. For men is a portion of what they have earned, and for women is a portion of what they have earned. And ask Allah of His bounty. Indeed, Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing."

{وَلاَ تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبُوا وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبْنَ وَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا}.

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  

bukhari:7234 – Muḥammad > ʿAbdah > Ibn Abū Khālid > Qays > Ataynā Khabbāb b. al-Arat Naʿūduh And Qad Āktawá Sabʿ > Lawlā

We went to pay a visit to Khabbab bin Al-Art and he had got himself branded at seven spots over his body. He said, "If Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not forbidden us to invoke Allah for death, I would have invoked for it."  

البخاري:٧٢٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابَ بْنَ الأَرَتِّ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فَقَالَ لَوْلاَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ  

bukhari:7235 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū ʿUbayd Āsmuh Saʿd b. ʿUbayd a freed slave of ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Azhar > Abū Hurayrah

(the Maula of ʿAbdur-Rahman bin Azhar) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should long for death, for if he is a good man, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil-doer, he may stop the evil deeds and repent."  

البخاري:٧٢٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ اسْمُهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَزْهَرَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِمَّا مُحْسِنًا فَلَعَلَّهُ يَزْدَادُ وَإِمَّا مُسِيئًا فَلَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَعْتِبُ