الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب السرف فى البناءBook of Extravagance in Building
بَابُ مَنْ بَنَىChapter: One Who Builds
Hadith 454
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْنَا عَلَى خَبَّابٍ نَعُودُهُ، وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا الَّذِينَ سَلَفُوا مَضَوْا وَلَمْ تُنْقِصْهُمُ الدُّنْيَا، وَإِنَّا أَصَبْنَا مَا لاَ نَجِدُ لَهُ مَوْضِعًا إِلاَّ التُّرَابَ، وَلَوْلاَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ.
It is narrated from Qais bin Abi Hazim (may Allah have mercy on him), he said: We went to visit Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had branded his body with seven marks. He said: Our friends who passed away before us have departed from this world and the world did not decrease their reward in any way. And as for us, we have been given so much wealth that we find no use for it except to bury it in the earth. If the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had not forbidden us from praying for death, I would have prayed for death.
