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tabarani:3672[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Warkānī [Chain 2] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Shihāb > al-Aʿmash > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥārithah

[Machine] We entered upon a blacksmith who had seven burn marks on his stomach. He said, "If it weren't for the fact that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'None of you should wish for death because of the (hardships) of this life',"  

الطبراني:٣٦٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرْكَانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ»  


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ahmad:21054Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥārithah > Ataynā Khabbāb Naʿūduh > Lawlā Annī

Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not stated this.." None should make a request for death," I would have definitely done that. (Using translation from Muslim 2680c)  

أحمد:٢١٠٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ  

tabarani:3636[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim

I visited Khabbab who had seven cauteries on his stomach and he said: Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not forbidden us to call for death, I would have done so. (Using translation from Muslim 2681a)  

الطبراني:٣٦٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ»  

tabarani:3668Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥārithah b. Muḍarrib > Khabbāb > Lawlā Annī

Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not stated this.." None should make a request for death," I would have definitely done that. (Using translation from Muslim 2680c)  

الطبراني:٣٦٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ عَنْ خَبَّابٍ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ»  

tabarani:3670[Chain 1] al-Ḥaḍramī > Ibn Āb.ah al-Suddī [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ibn al-Aṣbahānī > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥārithah

[Machine] We entered upon a blacksmith whom we used to visit, and he was suffering from seven parasites in his stomach. He said, "If I had not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Do not wish for death,' I would have wished for it."  

الطبراني:٣٦٧٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ ابْنَةَ السُّدِّيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ابْنُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ قَالَا ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ»  

tabarani:3671al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Ḥārithah b. Muḍarrib

Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not stated this.." None should make a request for death," I would have definitely done that. (Using translation from Muslim 2680c)   

الطبراني:٣٦٧١حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ»  

tabarani:3690Aḥmad b. Zuhayr > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Karāmah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Fiṭr > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Shuraḥbīl

Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not stated this.." None should make a request for death," I would have definitely done that. (Using translation from Muslim 2680c)   

الطبراني:٣٦٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ كَرَامَةَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا فِطْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَبَّابٍ أَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَتَمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ»