#2483

Harithah bin Mudarrib said:"We went to visit Khabbab who had himself cauterized in seven places on his body. He said: 'I have been ill for so long, and if it was not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: "None of you should wish for death" then I would have wished for it, and he said: "A man is rewarded for [all of] his spending except for the dust" - or he said - "in the building

حدثنا علي بن حجر، اخبرنا شريك، عن ابي اسحاق، عن حارثة بن مضرب، قال اتينا خبابا نعوده وقد اكتوى سبع كيات فقال لقد تطاول مرضي ولولا اني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " لا تمنوا الموت " . لتمنيت وقال " يوجر الرجل في نفقته كلها الا التراب او قال في البناء " . قال ابو عيسى هذا حديث حسن صحيح