Home Hadith Hadith 6112
I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands(1) and he said, "Had Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) not
forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked (Allah) for it."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 80, Hadith 46
← Previous Hadith
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was healthy, he used to say, "No prophet dies till he is shown his place in
Paradise, and then he is given the option (to live or die)." So when death approached him(during his
illness), and while his head was on my thigh, he became unconscious for a while, and when he
recovered, he fixed his eyes on the ceiling and said, "O Allah! (Let me join) the Highest Companions
(see Quran 4:69)," I said, "So, he does not choose us." Then I realized that it was the application of
the statement he used to relate to us when he was healthy. So that was his last utterance (before he
died), i.e. "O Allah! (Let me join) the Highest Companions."
Next Hadith →
I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands over his `Abdomen, and I heard him
saying, "If the Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked Allah
for it."