Qays ibn Abi Hāzim reported: We visited Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was ill and he had been cauterized in seven places. He said to us: "Our companions who died (during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this world) without having their rewards reduced due to enjoying the pleasures of this life, but we have (so much) wealth that we find no way to spend it except on the ground. Had the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have wished for it." When we visited him for a second time, he was building himself a wall, and he said: "A Muslim is rewarded (in the Hereafter) for whatever he spends, except for something he has spent on building."
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5672, 6349, 6350, 6430, 6431, 7234), Muslim (No. 2681a, 2681b), An-Nasa’i (No. 1823) and Ahmad (No. 20150, 20157, 20167, 25958).
This Hadīth relates that Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) was sick and had been cauterized in seven places for his sickness, so his companions came to pay him a visit. He told them that the early Companions had died without enjoying any worldly pleasures, which could have lessened the reward they had been promised in the Hereafter. He also said that he had collected so much wealth that he could not find a way to spend it, except on the ground, and that if the Messenger of Allah had not forbidden them from supplicating to Allah for death (except in times of trial regarding one's religion, when one should supplicate to Allah with the reported supplications), he would have asked Allah for it. He also told them that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said that a person is rewarded for everything he spends, except what he spends on the ground, meaning what he builds, because if a person builds only what he needs, this does not require much expenditure. So the money spent on constructing extra (unnecessary) buildings is not rewarded, except a building that was made for the poor to live in or its income was dedicated to the cause of Allah, or something similar. This kind of building is rewarded, but there is no reward in building a place to live in (that is unnecessarily large and beyond the space he needs). Regarding cauterization, its prohibition is meant for anyone who believes that the cure comes from the cauterization, but there is no harm in it for the one who believes that Allah, the Exalted, is the Curer. The prohibition may also be meant for a person who is able to use another method of treatment, but rushed to have cauterization and did not make it the last resort.
Explanation in Arabic
في الحديث أن خباب بن الأرت رضي الله عنه كُوِي سبع كيات ثم جاءه أصحابه يعودونه فأخبرهم أن الصحابة الذين سبقوا ماتوا ولم يتمتعوا بشيء من ملذات الدنيا، فيكون ذلك منقصاً لهم مما أُعدَ لهم في الآخرة. وإنه أصاب مالاً كثيرا ًلا يجد له مكانًا يحفظه فيه إلا أن يبني به، وقال: ولولا أن رسول الله نهانا أن ندعو بالموت لدعوت به، إلا عند الفتن في الدين فيدعو بما ورد. ثم قال: إن الإنسان يؤجر على كل شيء أنفقه إلا في شيء يجعله في التراب يعني: في البناء؛ لأن البناء إذا اقتصر الإنسان على ما يكفيه، فإنه لا يحتاج إلى كبير نفقة، ، فهذا المال الذي يجعل في البناء الزائد عن الحاجة لا يؤجر الإنسان عليه، اللهم إلا بناء يجعله للفقراء يسكنونه أو يجعل غلته في سبيل الله أو ما أشبه ذلك، فهذا يؤجر عليه، لكن بناء يسكنه، هذا ليس فيه أجر.
والنهي الذي جاء عن الكي هو لمن يعتقد أن الشفاء من الكي، أما من اعتقد أن الله عز وجل هو الشافي فلا بأس به، أو ذلك للقادر على مداواة أخرى وقد استعجل ولم يجعله آخر الدواء.
فضل خباب بن الأرت، ومزيد عرفانه بمولاه، وشدة اتهامه لنفسه، ومحاسبته لها حتى في المباحات.
النهي عن تمني الموت.
كراهية الزيادة في البناء من غير حاجة.
الحث على عيادة المريض.
جواز الاكتواء عند الحاجة، هذا ما دل عليه الحديث، ولكن ذلك مع الكراهة وألا يبدأ به بدلالة النصوص الأخرى.
لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِالْمَوْتِ، إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَضَوْا وَلَمْ تَنْقُصْهُمُ الدُّنْيَا بِشَىْءٍ، وَإِنَّا…
Narrated by Khabbāb ibn al-Aratti
AuthenticMuttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)Sahih al-Bukhari 6431
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