ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ دُعَاءِ الْمَرْءِ بِالْمَوْتِ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ

[Machine] I entered upon Khubbab, whom I used to visit, and he was suffering from seven burn marks on his belly. Khubbab said, "If it were not for the Prophet ﷺ forbidding us to invoke death, I would have prayed for it. Behold, our companions have passed away and did not receive any worldly benefits. As for us, we have suffered after them to the point that we have no place left on our bodies except for dust. Verily, a person is rewarded for all his spending except for what he spends on this dust." Khubbab said, "And on that day, he (referring to himself) will build a wall for himself."  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَبَّابٍ أَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا فَقَالَ خَبَّابٌ «لَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ أَلَا إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا مَضَوْا وَلَمْ يُصِيبُوا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْئًا أَلَا وَإِنَّا قَدْ أَصَبْنَا بَعْدَهُمْ حَتَّى لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا إِلَّا فِي التُّرَابِ إِنَّ الْمَرْءَ يُؤْجَرُ فِي نَفَقَتِهِ كُلِّهَا إِلَّا فِي شَيْءٍ يَجْعَلُهُ فِي هَذَا التُّرَابِ» قَالَ «وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَبْنِي حَائِطًا لَهُ»  

[Machine] We came to Khabbab and he was suffering from seven stomach ulcers. He said, "If not for the fact that the Prophet ﷺ prohibited us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it. Then he mentioned those among his companions who had passed away, stating that they had not enjoyed any of their rewards, while we remained after them until we attained things from the world, the value of which nobody can comprehend except by spending it in the earth. And indeed, a Muslim will be rewarded for every penny he spends except what he spends on the earth."  

أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى فِي بَطْنِهِ سَبْعًا فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «نَهَى أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّهُمْ مَضَوْا وَلَمْ يَأْكُلُوا مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّا بَقِينَا بَعْدَهُمْ حَتَّى نِلْنَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا مَا لَا يَدْرِي أَحَدُنَا مَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُنْفِقَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ وَأَنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْفَقَهُ إِلَّا مَا أَنْفَقَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ»  

[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.'"  

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»