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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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In meaning, it is like the first, with other benefits, where he said: "And this is the forty-seventh hadith."

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The Shaykh : The second hadith, which is like the first in meaning with other benefits, where he said: "And this is the forty-seventh hadith." The hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
None of you should long for death, for if he is a good man, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil-doer, he may stop the evil deeds and repent. لا يتمن أحدكم الموت إما محسنا فلعله يزداد وإما مسيئا فلعله يستعتب
Sahih al-Bukhari 7235
This hadith came as he said: Al-Bukhari narrated it, and the wording is his, and Muslim [narrated it]. In a narration by Muslim:
None of you should wish for death or call for it before it comes to him, for when he dies, his deeds are cut off, and it is not but that it increases the believer's life in good. لا يتمن أحدكم الموت ولا يدعو به من قبل أن يأتيه فإنه إذا مات انقطع عمله وإنه ليزيد المؤمن عمره إلا خيرا
The first wording, which is that of Imam al-Bukhari, coincides exactly with the hadith of Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her). Here is an observation from the Arabic perspective: in the first hadith,
Do not wish for death. لا تتمن الموت
it is a direct prohibition addressed to his uncle al-Abbas.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : As for here, in the second hadith, he says:
Let none of you wish for death. لا يتمنى
It is a negation in the sense of prohibition, and the wording is different.
Let none of you wish for death. لا يتمنى
And do not wish for death.ولا يتمن
The wording differs between being a prohibition and being [a negation].
Source alathar.net

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