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Riyad as-Salihin, 586

Qais bin Abu Hazim (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I went to visit Khabbab bin Aratt (May Allah be pleased with him) during his illness. He had been cauterized in seven places. He said: "Our companions who have died have left (this world) without having enjoyed the pleasures of the world (in order to get a great full reward in the Hereafter) while we have amassed wealth exceeding our needs for which there is no place to keep except in the earth. Had Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) not prohibited us from longing for death, I would have prayed for it." Then we visited him again and he was building a wall. He said: "There is a reward in store for a Muslim in respect of everything on which he spends except for something he places in the earth (i.e., something exceeding our needs or essentials)." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

وعن قيس بن أبي حازم قال‏:‏ دخلنا على خباب بن الأرت رضي الله عنه نعوده وقد اكتوى سبع كيات فقال‏:‏ إن أصحابنا الذين سلفوا مضوا، ولم تنقصهم الدنيا، وإنا أصبنا ما لا نجد له موضعاً إلا التراب ولولا أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نهاناً أن ندعوا بالموت لدعوت به، ثم أتيناه مرة أخرى وهو يبنى حائطاً له فقال‏:‏ إن المسلم ليؤجر فى كل شئ ينفقه إلا فى شئ يجعله فى هذا التراب‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه وهذا لفظ رواية البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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Introduction, Hadith 585
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) “Do not wish for death;” this is the Prophet’s instruction to his Ummah, so the Muslim should heed this instruction, adhere to patience, and teach this to his family both by words and example.<br> 2) It shows the merit of the Companion Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) and his self-censure and self-accountability even in permissible things.<br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br> That we find no place for it except in the dust: to protect it from theft.<br> Invests in this dust: in construction.
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