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bukhari:6418Muslim > Hammām > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ drew a few lines and said, "This is (man's) hope, and this is the instant of his death, and while he is in this state (of hope), the nearer line (death) comes to Him."  

البخاري:٦٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خُطُوطًا فَقَالَ هَذَا الأَمَلُ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ الْخَطُّ الأَقْرَبُ  


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nasai-kubra:11762ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. Yaḥyá al-ʿAwdhī > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ drew a few lines and said, "This is (man's) hope, and this is the instant of his death, and while he is in this state (of hope), the nearer line (death) comes to Him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6418)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٧٦٢عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَن مُسْلِمِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَوْذِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

خَطَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خُطُوطًا فَقَالَ «هَذَا الْأَمَلُ وَهَذَا أَجْلُهُ» فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذ جَاءَهُ الْخَطُّ الْأَقْرَبُ