حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ قَالَ کَانَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنْ النَّاسِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلًا مِنْ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِکَ الرَّجُلِ وَکَانَ لَا تُخْطِئُهُ صَلَاةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُلْتُ لَوْ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْکَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَائِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي إِلَی جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُکْتَبَ لِي إِقْبَالِي إِلَی الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِلَی أَهْلِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ أَعْطَاکَ اللَّهُ ذَلِکَ کُلَّهُ أَنْطَاکَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ کُلَّهُ أَجْمَعَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 557
Ubayy bin Kaab said: There was a certain person, out of all people of Madina, who used to pray in the mosque. I do not know that any one of them lived at a farther distance than that man. Still he never missed the prayer in congregation in the mosque. I said: it would be better if you buy a donkey and ride it in heat and darkness. He said: I do not like that my house be by the side of the mosque. The discourse reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said him about it. He said: I did it so that my walking to the mosque and return to my home when I return be recorded. He said: Allah has granted all this to you; Allah has granted all that you reckoned.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020