Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3339

وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى الْمَهْرِىِّ أَنَّهُ جَاءَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىَّ لَيَالِىَ الْحَرَّةِ فَاسْتَشَارَهُ فِى الْجَلاَءِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ أَسْعَارَهَا وَكَثْرَةَ عِيَالِهِ وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنْ لاَ صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَى جَهْدِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَلأْوَائِهَا. فَقَالَ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ لاَ آمُرُكَ بِذَلِكَ إِنِّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ « لاَ يَصْبِرُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى لأْوَائِهَا فَيَمُوتَ إِلاَّ كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا أَوْ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِذَا كَانَ مُسْلِمًا ».

It was narrated from Abu Sa‘eed, the freed slave of Al-Mahri, that he came to Abu Sa‘eed Al-Khudri during the nights of Al-Harrah, when he consulted him about leaving Al-Madinah, complaining to him about its prices and his large number of dependents, and telling him that he could not bear the hardships and difficulties of Al-Madinah. He said to him: “Woe to you! I do not advise you to do that. I heard the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) say: ‘No one bears its hardships with patience and dies, but I will intercede for him, or, I will be a witness for him, on the Day of Resurrection, if he is Muslim.”’