“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not pray for death or wish for it. Whoever insists on praying for it let him say: Allahumma ahini ma kanatil-hayatu khairanli wa tawaffani idha kanatil-wafatu khairanli (O Allah, keep me alive so long as life is good for me, and cause me to die when death is good […]
“I entered upon Khabbab when he had been cauterized on his stomach seven times. He said: ‘Were it not that the Messenger of Allah forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it.”‘
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Remember often the destroyer of pleasures.”‘ (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahaman (An-Nasai) said: Muhammad bin Ibrahim (one of the narrators) is the father of Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaibah.
“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘When you see the dead, say something good, for the angels say Amin to whatever you say; When Abu Salamah died, I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what should I say?’ He said: ‘Say” Allahummaghfirlanaa wa lahu wa a ‘qibni minhu ‘uqbai hasanah (O Allah, forgive us and […]
“None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so perhaps he may do more good, or he is an evildoer but perhaps he will give up his evil ways.”
‘None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so if he lives he will do more good or he is a doer of evil but perhaps he will give up his evil ways.”‘
When Muhammad bin Abi Sufyan was dying, he was greatly distressed and said: “My sister Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever maintains four rak’ahs before Zuhr and four after, Allah (SWT) will forbid him from the Fire.’”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever prays four rak’ahs before Zuhr and four after, the Fire will not touch him.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever prays twelve rak’ahs in a day apart from the obligatory prayers, Allah (SWT) will build for him a house in Paradise.”
“When ‘Anbasah was dying, he started to groan in pain. The people spoke to him and he said: ‘I heard Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) narrating that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever prays four rak’ahs before Zuhr and four after, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will forbid his flesh for the Fire. […]