Qays ibn Abi Hazm said, "We went to visit Khubbab after he had
been cauterised seven times. He said, 'Our Companions who came before us
have gone and this world did not cause the, loss. We have been struck by
an affliction for which we find no place to put it down except the earth.
If it were no that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
forbade us to pray for death, we would pray for it.'"
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ حَبَّةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَسَوَاءَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، أَنَّهُمَا أَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يُعَالِجُ حَائِطًا أَوْ بِنَاءً لَهُ، فَأَعَانَاهُ.
It is reported that Habba ibn Khalid and Sawa' ibn Khalid came
to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was repairing
a wall - or a building - of his, and they helped him.
He continued, "Then we came to him another time while he was building
a wall and his and he said, 'The Muslim is rewarded for everything on which
he spends money except for what he spends on dust.'
Narrated 'Abdullah ar-Rumi said, "I visited Umm Talq and exclaimed, 'How
low the ceiling of your room is!' 'My son,' she replied, 'the Amir al-Mu'minin,
'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote to his workers
telling them:
"Do not make your buildings tall. That will come about in
the worst of your days."'"
