Combining the Prohibition of Wishing for Death with the Hadith of the One Who Died Without Fighting
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: How do we reconcile the prohibition of wishing for death with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Riyad as-Salihin 1341?
Answer:
Does this mean he wishes for the expedition, not for death?
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: How do we reconcile the prohibition of wishing for death with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who dies without having fought in the Cause of Allah or without having thought of doing so, will die with one characteristic of hypocrisy in him.
من مات ولم يغز، ولم يحدث نفسه بالغزو؛ مات على شعبة من النفاقAnswer:
Does this mean he wishes for the expedition, not for death?
Source
شرح عمدة الأحكام [ الشرح الثاني ]، كتاب الجهاد : حديث لا تتمنوا لقاء العدو — islamhouse.com (36:33)
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