Qays bin Abu Hazim reported,

We came to visit Khabab bin Arat during his illness. He had been cauterized seven times on his abdomen.He said, "Were it not that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it, for my illness has dragged on."Then he said, "Our companions who passed on before us departed without the world diminishing any of their reward, but we have come into wealth after them for which we find no outlet except the dirt." He said this while he was building a wall of his. "Indeed, a Muslim is rewarded for everything he spends, except for what he puts into the dirt."He said, "We complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was reclining on a cloak of his in the shade of the Kaabah. We said, 'Messenger of Allah, will you not seek Allah's help for us?'"He sat up, his face flushed with anger, and said, "By Allah, among those before you a man would be taken and saws would be placed upon his head and he would be split into two pieces, yet that would not turn him from his religion. Allah will surely bring this matter to completion, until a rider will travel between Sana and Hadramawt fearing none but Allah , and the wolf for his sheep."

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عن قيس بن أبي حازم قال

أتينا خباب بن الأرت رضي الله عنه نعوده وقد اكتوى في بطنه سبعا فقال لولا أن رسول الله ﷺ نهانا أن ندعو بالموت لدعوت به فقد طال بي مرضي ثم قال إن أصحابنا الذين مضوا لم تنقصهم الدنيا شيئا وإنا أصبنا بعدهم ما لا نجد له موضعا إلا التراب وقال كان يبني حائطا له وإن المرء المسلم يؤجر في نفقته كلها إلا في شيء يجعله في التراب قال وشكونا إلى رسول الله ﷺ وهو متوسد بردة له في ظل الكعبة فقلنا يا رسول الله ألا تستنصر الله تعالى لنا فجلس محمرا وجهه فقال والله لقد كان من قبلكم يؤخذ فتجعل المناشير على رأسه فيفرق بفرقتين ما يصرفه ذلك عن دينه وليتمن الله تبارك وتعالى هذا الأمر حتى يسير الراكب ما بين صنعاء وحضرموت لا يخاف إلا الله تبارك وتعالى والذئب على غنمه