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tabarani:7602 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > Bishr b. ʿUbays > Ibn Abū Fudayk > ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Makḥūl > Abū Umāmah > Kān al-Nabī Ṣallá

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from sudden death, and he used to like to fall ill before he dies.  

الطبراني:٧٦٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُبَيْسٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ مَوْتِ الْفَجْأَةِ وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ يُمَرَّضَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ»  

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tabarani:7603 – al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Ḥajjāj al-Azraq > Mubārak b. Saʿīd > ʿUmar b. Mūsá > Makḥūl > Abū Umāmah > Kān al-Nabī Ṣallá

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from sudden death and he liked to fall ill before dying.  

الطبراني:٧٦٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا حَجَّاجٌ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ مَوْتِ الْفَجْأَةِ وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ يُمَرَّضَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ»