حياتي خير لكم تحدثون ويحدث لكم ، فإذا أنا مت كانت وفاتي خيرا لكم ، تعرض علي
أعمالكم فان رأيت خيرا حمدت الله تعالى وإن رأيت شرا استغفرت لكم.
Hayaatee khayrun lakum tuhadithoona wa yuhdatha lakum fa idhaa anaa mitta kaanat
wafaatee khayran lakum.
Tu`radu `alayya `amalakum fa in raa’itu khayran hamadta ’Llah wa in raa’itu
sharran astaghfarta lahum.
The Prophet (s) said:
My life is good for you as you will relate from me and it will be related to
you, and when I die my passing will be better for you.
I observe the deeds of my ummah. If I find good I thank Allah, and if I see bad,
I ask forgiveness for them.
Shaykh Hisham Kabbani explains "and
when I die my passing will be better for you" as
meaning, “My death is better for you than my life, because then I can pray for
you.”)