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ahmad:21059Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Khālid > Qays > Dakhalnā > Khabbāb Naʿūduh Wahū Yab.ī Ḥāʾiṭ Lah

[Machine] We entered upon a bricklayer while he was constructing a wall. The Muslim said, "One is rewarded for everything except making it out of this mud." He had been affected by abdominal pain for seven days and said, "If it were not for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ forbidding us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it."  

أحمد:٢١٠٥٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ يَبْنِي حَائِطًا لَهُ فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُ يُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إْلَّا مَا يَجْعَلُ فِي هَذَا التُّرَابِوَقَدْ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ وَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ  


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bukhari:6350Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays

I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands over his ʿAbdomen, and I heard him saying, "If the Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked Allah for it."  

البخاري:٦٣٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ  

bukhari:5672Ādam > Shuʿbah > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > Dakhalnā > Khabbāb Naʿūduh And Qad Āktawá Sabʿ Kayyāt

We went to pay a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had been branded (cauterized) at seven places in his body. He said, "Our companions who died (during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this world) without having their rewards reduced through enjoying the pleasures of this life, but we have got (so much) wealth that we find no way to spend It except on the construction of buildings Had the Prophet not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have wished for it.' We visited him for the second time while he was building a wall. He said, A Muslim is rewarded (in the Hereafter) for whatever he spends except for something that he spends on building."  

البخاري:٥٦٧٢حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا الَّذِينَ سَلَفُوا مَضَوْا وَلَمْ تَنْقُصْهُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّا أَصَبْنَا مَا لاَ نَجِدُ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا إِلاَّ التُّرَابَ وَلَوْلاَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى وَهْوَ يَبْنِي حَائِطًا لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُوجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَىْءٍ يُنْفِقُهُ إِلاَّ فِي شَىْءٍ يَجْعَلُهُ فِي هَذَا التُّرَابِ  

muslim:2681aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim

I visited Khabbab who had seven cauteries on his stomach and he said: Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not forbidden us to call for death, I would have done so.  

مسلم:٢٦٨١aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ  

nasai:1823Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ismāʿīl > Qays

"I entered upon Khabbab when he had been cauterized on his stomach seven times. He said: 'Were it not that the Messenger of Allah forbade us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it."'  

النسائي:١٨٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا وَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ دَعَوْتُ بِهِ  

ahmad:27216Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ismāʿīl > Qays

I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands over his ʿAbdomen, and I heard him saying, "If the Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked Allah for it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6350)  

أحمد:٢٧٢١٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا أَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ  

ahmad:21079Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ismāʿīl > Qays

I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands over his ʿAbdomen, and I heard him saying, "If the Prophet: had not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked Allah for it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6350)  

أحمد:٢١٠٧٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا أَعُودُهُ وَقَدْ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فِي بَطْنِهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ  

tabarani:3635Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Dakhalnā > Khabbāb Naʿūduh And Qad Āktawá Sabʿ Kayyāt

[Machine] We entered the workshop of a blacksmith who was suffering from the burning of seven boils. He said, "Indeed, our predecessors who came before us left this world and nothing from it has diminished them. And indeed, we have experienced what comes after them, and we have found no place for it except the dust." He then added, "We came back to him later as he was building a wall for himself, and he said, 'Indeed, a Muslim is rewarded for everything he spends except for something that he puts in the dust. And if it wasn't for the fact that the Prophet ﷺ prohibited or dissuaded us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it.'"  

الطبراني:٣٦٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا الَّذِينَ سَلَفُوا مَضَوْا وَذَهَبُوا لَمْ تَنْقُصْهُمُ الدُّنْيَا شَيْئًا وَإِنَّا أَصَبْنَا بَعْدَهُمْ مَا لَا نَجِدُ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا إِلَّا التُّرَابَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ نَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ يَبْنِي حَائِطًا لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ يُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُنْفِقُهُ إِلَّا شَيْئًا يَجْعَلُهُ فِي التُّرَابِ وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَوْ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ»  

tabarani:3636[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim

I visited Khabbab who had seven cauteries on his stomach and he said: Had Messenger of Allah ﷺ not forbidden us to call for death, I would have done so. (Using translation from Muslim 2681a)  

الطبراني:٣٦٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ فِي بَطْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ»  

tabarani:3645aʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿUmar b. Ismāʿīl b. Mujālid from my father > Bayān b. Bishr And Ibn Abū Khālid > Qays > Dakhalnā > Khabbāb Naʿūduh And Qad Āktawá

[Machine] We entered upon a blacksmith who we used to visit, and he had been burned. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to call for death. But for that, I would have supplicated for it while he is treating his burn with it."  

الطبراني:٣٦٤٥aحَدَّثَنَا 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»  

tabarani:3645bʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿUmar b. Ismāʿīl b. Mujālid from my father > Bayān b. Bishr And Ibn Abū Khālid > Qays > Dakhalnā > Khabbāb Naʿūduh And Qad Āktawá

[Machine] We entered upon a blacksmith whom we used to visit, and he was suffering from a burn. He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us from invoking death. If it were not for that, I would have invoked it while he was treating his wall (with fire)."  

الطبراني:٣٦٤٥bحَدَّثَنَا 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»