Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمْ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيَ الْمَوْتِ فَلْيَقُلْ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتْ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتْ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي.
English Translation
Isma'il told us, from Abd al-Aziz, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "None of you should wish for death because of harm that has befallen him; but if he must wish for death, let him say: 'O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.'"