[Machine] From Aabis Al-Ghifari, companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: "I was on the rooftop and I saw people moving around. So I asked, 'What is the matter with the people?' They said, 'They are fleeing from the plague.' He said, 'O plague, take me! O plague, take me! O plague, take me!' Then his nephew's son said to him, 'He wishes for death while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not wish for death, for it cuts off the opportunity for doing good deeds and a person may be overtaken by some torment'."  

عَنْ عَابِسٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى سَطْحٍ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ يَتَرَحَّلُونَ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُ النَّاسِ؟ قَالُوا يَتَرَحَّلُونَ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ قَالَ يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَخِيهِ يُتَمَنَّى الْمَوْتُ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْطَعُ الْعَمَلَ وَلَا يَرُدُّ الرَّجُلَ فَيُسْتَعْتَبُ؟»