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783. It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "There was a man among the Ansār whose house was the furthest house in Al-Madinah, yet he never missed prayer with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. I felt sorry for him and said: 'O so-and-so, why do you not buy a donkey to spare yourself the heat of the scorching sand, to carry you over the stony ground, and keep you away from the vermin on the ground?' He said: 'By Allāh! I do not want to live so close to Muhammad ﷺ.' This troubled me until I came to the house of the Prophet ﷺ and
mentioned that to him. He called (the man) and asked him, and he said something similar, and said that he was hoping for the reward for his steps. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, 'You will have that (reward) that you sought.'" (Sahih)
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Commentary
How keen the Companions were to do the deeds of piety and virtue! This incident is but a small example of how the Companions used to bear all the hardship of the path, and walked a long distance to reach the mosque in order to get more reward from Allāh.
Sincerity towards brethren-in-faith demands that we give them good advice, even though we are not asked to.
If a complaint is brought forward against a person, no adverse opinion should be formed without investigation against him. The best thing to do is to ask the person concerned himself what he meant by the 'improper words' purportedly spoken by him.
A good intention by a believer merits reward from Allāh.
