I came to Khababa while he was building a wall of his. He said, "Our companions who have passed on were not diminished by this world in the least, but we have acquired wealth after them for which we find no place to put it except the dirt."
حدثنا محمد بن المثنى حدثنا يحيى عن إسماعيل قال حدثني
أتيت خبابا وهو يبني حائطا له فقال إن أصحابنا الذين مضوا لم تنقصهم الدنيا شيئا وإنا أصبنا من بعدهم شيئا لا نجد له موضعا إلا التراب