Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4163

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ طَالَ سُقْمِي وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي نَفَقَتِهِ كُلِّهَا إِلاَّ فِي التُّرَابِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ فِي الْبِنَاءِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Isma‘il ibn Musa narrated to us; Sharik narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Harithah ibn Mudarrib, who said: We went to visit Khabbab, who said: “My illness has lasted a long time. If I had not heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, ‘Do not wish for death,’ I would have wished for it.” He also said: “A servant is rewarded for all his spending except what he spends on earth”—or he said, “on building.”