In the Muniriyyah edition, however, its annotator “corrected” it, as he supposed, rendering it hadid—with an undotted hā’. He then commented: “In some copies, it appears as jadid al-mawt (‘at death’s door’) with a jīm, but this is an error. The correct reading is hadid, with an undotted hā’; that is, because of death’s confinement and severity. And Allah knows best.”

I say: What he declared erroneous is in fact correct, and its meaning is quite clear: namely, on the verge of death and upon its path. In al-Nihayah, it says: “In the hadith: ‘What is upon the jadid of the earth,’ meaning, its surface.” Then I found in Lisan al-‘Arab an explicit statement confirming what I mentioned. It says (3/112): “Jadid is that with which you have no familiarity; hence death was described as jadid. This is a Hudhayl usage. Abu Dhu’ayb said:

‘I said to my heart: How fortunate you are! Its loved ones only lead you down to the unfamiliar death.’

Al-Akhfash and al-Mughafis al-Bahili said: ‘Jadid al-mawt means its beginning.’ Thus what I said is confirmed, and praise be to Allah.

2654 — “Whoever does not supplicate to Allah, He becomes angry with him.”

It was recorded by al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad (658), al-Tirmidhi (2/342), Ibn Majah (3827), al-Hakim (1/491), Ahmad (2/442 and 477), Ibn Abi Shaybah (10/200), al-Bayhaqi in al-Shu‘ab (1/35/1099), al-Tabarani in al-Du‘a’ (2/796/23) and al-Awsat (3/216/2452, ed.), Ibn ‘Adi in al-Kamil (7/295), and al-Baghawi in his Qur’anic exegesis (7/310—al-Manar edition), through numerous chains from Subayh Abu al-Malih, who said: “I heard Abu Salih narrate from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet.” Al-Hakim said: