We visited Khabab to check on him during his illness, and he had been cauterized seven times. He said, "Our companions who passed before us departed without having their reward diminished by worldly gain, but we have acquired wealth for which we find no place except the dust. Were it not that the Prophet ﷺ forbade us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it."Then we came to him another time while he was building a wall for himself, and he said, "A Muslim is rewarded for everything he spends, except for something he places in this dust."
حدثنا آدم حدثنا شعبة عن إسماعيل بن أبي خالد
دخلنا على خباب نعوده وقد اكتوى سبع كيات فقال إن أصحابنا الذين سلفوا مضوا ولم تنقصهم الدنيا وإنا أصبنا ما لا نجد له موضعا إلا التراب ولولا أن النبي ﷺ نهانا أن ندعو بالموت لدعوت به ثم أتيناه مرة أخرى وهو يبني حائطا له فقال إن المسلم ليؤجر في كل شيء ينفقه إلا في شيء يجعله في هذا التراب