Construction and Demolition 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
It wasnarrated that Harithah bin Mudarrib said
“We came to Khabbabtovisit him (when he was sick), and he said: ‘I have been sick for along time, and were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say: “Do not wish for death,” I would have wished for it.’ Andhesaid: “A person will be rewarded for all his spending, exceptfor(what he spends) on dust,” or he said, “on building.”