[Machine] I returned to Abu Hurairah and leaned him against my chest, then I said, "O Allah, heal Abu Hurairah." He said, "O Allah, do not return it." Then he said, "If you can, O Abu Salamah, die." So I said, "O Abu Hurairah, we love life." He said, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah, there will come a time upon the scholars when death will be dearer to one of them than red gold. One of you will come to the grave of his brother and say, 'I wish I were in his place.'"  

عُدْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَسَنَدْتُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي ثُمَّ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُرْجِعْهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ يَا أَبَا سَلَمَةَ أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَمُتْ» فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّا لَنُحِبُّ الْحَيَاةَ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى الْعُلَمَاءِ زَمَانٌ الْمَوْتُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمْ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْأَحْمَرِ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ قَبْرَ أَخِيهِ فَيَقُولُ لَيْتَنِي مَكَانَهُ