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Question
I heard some people offering condolences by saying, “May the rest of his life be added to your life.” How correct is this expression?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.This is wrong. What can be left of a person’s life
when Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“when
their term comes, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it
an hour (or a moment)” [al-A’raaf 7:34].
The deceased has died at the time when his lifespan
was completed; his death did not come too early or too late, so how
can there be anything left of his life?
Moreover, this goes against the Sunnah. The Sunnah
in offering condolences is to say “To Allaah belongs what He takes and
to Allaah belongs what He gives” or “May Allaah make your reward great”
or “May Allaah console you” or “May Allaah forgive your deceased loved
one” and so on.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)