حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ قَالَ کَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ بَيْتُهُ أَقْصَی بَيْتٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَکَانَ لَا تُخْطِئُهُ الصَّلَاةُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَتَوَجَّعْتُ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا فُلَانُ لَوْ أَنَّکَ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا يَقِيکَ الرَّمَضَ وَيَرْفَعُکَ مِنْ الْوَقَعِ وَيَقِيکَ هَوَامَّ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ بَيْتِي بِطُنُبِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَحَمَلْتُ بِهِ حِمْلًا حَتَّی أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرْتُ ذَلِکَ لَهُ فَدَعَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَذَکَرَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ وَذَکَرَ أَنَّهُ يَرْجُو فِي أَثَرِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ لَکَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 783
It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "There was a man among the Ansar whose house was the furthest house in AIMadinah,yet he never missed prayer with the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H, I felt sorry for him and said: '0 so-and-so, why do you not buy a donkey to spare Yourself the heat of the scorching sand , to carry you over the stony ground, and keep you away from the vermin on the ground?' He said: 'By Allah! I do not want to ve so close to Muhammad P.B.U.H This troubled me until I came to the house of the Prophet P.B.U.H and mentioned that to him. He called (the man) and asked him, and he said something similar, and said that he was hoping for the reward for his steps. The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said, 'You will have that (reward) that you sought.'"(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020