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It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said:"There was a man among the Ansar whose house was the furthest house in Al-Madinah, yet he never missed prayer with the Messenger of Allah. I felt sorry for him and said: 'O so-and-so, why do you not buy a donkey to spare yourself the heat of the scorching sand, to carry over the stony ground, and to keep you away from the vermin on the ground?' He said: 'By Allah! I do not want to live so close to Muhammed.' This troubled me until I came to the house of the Prophet and mentioned that to him. He called (the man) and asked him, and he said something similar, and said that he was hoping for the reward for his steps. The Messenger of Allah said, 'You will have that (reward) that you sought

حدثنا احمد بن عبدة، حدثنا عباد بن عباد المهلبي، حدثنا عاصم الاحول، عن ابي عثمان النهدي، عن ابى بن كعب، قال كان رجل من الانصار بيته اقصى بيت بالمدينة وكان لا تخطيه الصلاة مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم . قال فتوجعت له فقلت يا فلان لو انك اشتريت حمارا يقيك الرمض ويرفعك من الوقع ويقيك هوام الارض . فقال والله ما احب ان بيتي بطنب بيت محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم . قال فحملت به حملا حتى اتيت بيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكرت ذلك له فدعاه فساله فذكر له مثل ذلك وذكر انه يرجو في اثره فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ان لك ما احتسبت