Chapter 103
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 103 The disapproval of hoping for death because of physical harm, but its permissibility if one fears jeopardy in his religion
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Romanisation
Allāhumma aḥyinī mā kānati-l-ḥayātu khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā kānati-l-wafātu khayran lī.
Context
WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥ s of al-Bukhārī and Muslim from Anas None of you should hope for death because of some harm that has befallen him. If he has no other resort then let him say: O Allah, let me live as long as living is better for me, and cause me to die when dying is better for me . ”
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References
Al-Bukhārī (5671), Muslim (2680), Abū Dāwūd (3108), at-Tirmidhī (971) an-Nasā’ī (4/3).
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who reported that the Messenger of Allah 
said: “None of you should hope for death because of some harm that has befallen him. If he has no other resort then let him say: O Allah, let me live as long as living is better for me, and cause me to die when dying is better for me.” [1].