There was a certain person, out of all people of Medina, who used to pray in the mosque. I do not know that any one of them lived at a farther distance than that man. Still he never missed the prayer in congregation in the mosque. I said: it would be better if you buy a donkey and ride it in heat and darkness. He said: I do not like that my house be by the side of the mosque. The discourse reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said him about it. He said: I did it so that my walking to the mosque and return to my home when I return be recorded. He said: Allah has granted all this to you; Allah has granted all that you reckoned.  

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ وَكَانَ لاَ تُخْطِئُهُ صَلاَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُلْتُ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لِي إِقْبَالِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِلَى أَهْلِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ كُلَّهُ أَجْمَعَ  

[Machine] There was a man in the city that I didn't know anyone who lived farther away from the mosque than him. So, he was advised, "If you were to buy a donkey and ride it during the day and night, it would still not bring you as close to the mosque as your house, or he said, your place, is." So the incident was narrated to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, "What did you intend by saying, 'It does not please me that my house, or he said, my place, is next to the mosque'?" He said, "I intended that my coming to the mosque and my returning to my family would be recorded as acts of obedience." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has given you all of that, or Allah has given you what you intended, or Allah has given you all of that which you intended."  

كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ مِنْهُ مَنْزِلًا أَوْ قَالَ دَارًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا فَرَكِبْتَهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلُمَاتِ فَقَالَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ دَارِي أَوْ قَالَ مَنْزِلِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي أَوْ قَالَ دَارِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ؟ قَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ إِقْبَالِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي قَالَ أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ أَوْ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ مَااحْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ أَوْ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ  

[Machine] "There was a man whom I did not know, who was from the people of the city, and who lived farther from the mosque than that man [referring to himself]. I said to him, 'If you were to buy a donkey to ride it in the darkness or in the heat?' He replied, 'Then the conversation reached the Prophet ﷺ, so I asked him. I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I wanted my coming to the mosque to be recorded and my return when I go back.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Allah has granted you all that you have asked for.'"  

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ أَبْعَدَ جِوَارًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَوْ أَنَّكَ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ أَوِ الرَّمْضَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ فَنَمَا الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لِي إِقْبَالِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعَ أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ»  

"عَنْ أُبَىٍّ: كان رَجُلٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا أَبْعَدَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ، وَكَانَ لاَ تُخْطِئُهُ صَلاَةٌ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: لَوِ اشْتَرَيتَ حمِارًا تَرْكَبُهُ في الظَّلْمَاءِ، وَفِي الرَّمْضَاء، قَالَ: مَا يَسُرُّني أَنَّ مَنْزِلي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ، إِنِّى أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لي مَمْشَاىَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، وَرجُوعِى إِلَى أَهْلِى، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : قَدْ جَمَعَ الله لَكَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ".  

"عَنْ أُبَىٍّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِيَنةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ، وَكَانَ (لاَ تخطيه (* * *) صَلاَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَوِ اشتَرَيتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ، فَقَالَ: مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ مَنْزِلي إِلَى (حيث) الْمَسْجِدِ (ففى) الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ (قوله)

ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: أَرَدتُ يَا رَسُولَ الله أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لي إِقْبَالي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعي إِلَى أَهْلِى إِذَا رَجَعْتُ، فَقَالَ: "أَعْطَاكَ الله ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ، أَنْطَاكَ الله مَا احْتَسَبْتَ كُلَّهُ أَجْمَع".