Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:3645a حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُجَالِدٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنْ بَيَانِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ وَابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فَقَالَ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَدَعَوْتُ وَهُوَ يُعَالِجُ حَائِطًا لَهُ»
English Translation
Qays said: 'We entered upon Khabbab to visit him, and he had been cauterized. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade us from wishing for death, and were it not for that, I would have wished for it. He was working on a wall of his.'