Explanation of the Book of Fitnahs and Rulings-03b
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The reciter: Isma'il narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to me from Abu al-Zinad from al-A'raj from Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Muwatta Malik 16:55.
The Shaykh : This means due to the abundance of trials; he does not wish for death, but he wishes that this trial had not occurred, or that he had died before this trial. From this is his saying:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3233Hasan (Darussalam) This is not a wish for death, but a wish for a state of being, namely that one dies without trial. Also from this is the saying of Maryam: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 26:168 The meaning is not that she wishes she had died before this time, but that she wishes she had died and this thing had not happened to her.
The Hour will not come until a man passes by the grave of another and says, 'If only I were in his place.'
لا تقوم الساعة حتى يمر الرجل بقبر الرجل فيقول يا ليتني مكانهThe Shaykh : This means due to the abundance of trials; he does not wish for death, but he wishes that this trial had not occurred, or that he had died before this trial. From this is his saying: