[Machine] A man died in the city where he was born, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the funeral prayer for him. The Messenger ﷺ said, "I wish he had died in a place other than his birthplace." They asked, "Why, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "When a person dies in a place other than his birthplace, it is as if he has traveled from his birthplace to the point where his footprints end in Paradise." Abu Abdur-Rahman Huwayy ibn Abdullah said to us, "He is not a reliable narrator for us, and this hadith is not well-preserved. Allah knows best. For the authentic narration from the Prophet ﷺ is, 'Whoever among you is able to die in Madinah, then I will intercede for him.'"  

مَاتَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ وُلِدَ بِهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا لَيْتَهُ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ» فَقَالُوا وَلِمَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ قِيسَ لَهُ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ إِلَى مُنْقَطَعِ أَثَرِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حُيَيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ لَيْسَ مِمَنْ يُعْتَمَدُ عَلَيْهِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عِنْدَنَا غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ لِأَنَّ الصَّحِيحَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مِنَ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِنِّي أَشْفَعُ لِمَنْ مَاتَ بِهَا»