Hadith 2483

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ، قَالَ : أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعَ كَيَّاتٍ ، فَقَالَ : لَقَدْ تَطَاوَلَ مَرَضِي ، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " لَا تَمَنَّوْا الْمَوْتَ " لَتَمَنَّيْتُ ، وَقَالَ : " يُؤْجَرُ الرَّجُلُ فِي نَفَقَتِهِ كُلِّهَا إِلَّا التُّرَابَ ، أَوْ قَالَ : فِي الْبِنَاءِ " , قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´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."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2483
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح ومضى (970) // هذا رقم الدعاس، وهو عندنا برقم (776 - 984) //
Hadith Takhrij «انظر حدیث رقم 970 (صحیح)»
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, whatever is spent on construction beyond one's needs does not earn any reward.
A person, of course, needs a house for shelter,
to protect himself from heat,
cold,
and the intensity of rain, etc.,
because this is indispensable for human life.

The warning mentioned in the hadith pertains to such constructions that exceed necessity or upon which money is spent wastefully.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2483