Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4163 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1394
Source no. 4163 · Volume 9 · Page 163
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٥٦٨٢ / التحقيق الثاني)
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4163. It was narrated that Hārīthah bin Mudarrīb said: "We came to Khabbāb to visit him (when he was sick), and he said: 'I have been sick for a long time, and were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Do not wish for death," I would have wished for it.' And he said: "A person will be rewarded for all his spending, except for (what he spends) on dust," or he said, "on building." (Hasan)
4163 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ طَالَ سَقْمِي، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «لَا تَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ» لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي نَفَقَتِهِ كُلِّهَا، إِلَّا فِي التُّرَابِ» ، أَوْ قَالَ: «فِي الْبِنَاءِ»
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Visiting a sick person is a right of a Muslim upon another Muslim. Supplicating for death is forbidden, rather one should ask to dispel his worries. Wealth should not be wasted in building and decorating houses, rather it should be built to the extent that meets one's necessities.