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."  

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  

[Machine] "We came to Khabbab seeking his advice, and he was suffering from seven ulcers in his stomach. He said, 'If it weren't for the Prophet ﷺ prohibiting us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it. Then Khabbab mentioned the companions who had already passed away, saying that they did not benefit from their rewards at all. We, who continue to live, will only benefit from what we earn until we acquire something in this world that none of us knows how to deal with except to spend it in the path of Allah. Indeed, a Muslim will be rewarded for everything except what he spends on the ground.'"  

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