On Wishing for Death

303. Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, ‘None of you should wish for death because of some harm which has befallen him. If he has got to do something, he should say, ‘O Allah, make live if life is best for me and make me die if death is best for me.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Marda, 19; Da’awat, 30; Sahih Muslim, Dhikr, 10).

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014