Hadith 98

Sahih Muslim

Book 53: The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants

Chapter 19

The Command To Think Positively Of Allah At The Time Of Death

باب الأَمْرِ بِحُسْنِ الظَّنِّ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ

Sahih Muslim 2877a
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِثَلاَثٍ يَقُولُ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ لاَ يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ بِاللَّهِ الظَّنَّ ‏"
Jabir reported:

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying three days before his death: None of you should court death but only hoping good from Allah