Sahih Muslim Book - 5, Hadith - 1516

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِى بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ أَبِى عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ بَيْتُهُ أَقْصَى بَيْتٍ فِى الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَانَ لاَ تُخْطِئُهُ الصَّلاَةُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- - قَالَ - فَتَوَجَّعْنَا لَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا فُلاَنُ لَوْ أَنَّكَ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا يَقِيكَ مِنَ الرَّمْضَاءِ وَيَقِيكَ مِنْ هَوَامِّ الأَرْضِ. قَالَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ بَيْتِى مُطَنَّبٌ بِبَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ فَحَمَلْتُ بِهِ حِمْلاً حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ - قَالَ - فَدَعَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَذَكَرَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ يَرْجُو فِى أَثَرِهِ الأَجْرَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « إِنَّ لَكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ ».

It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "There was a man among the Ansar whose house was the most remote house in Al-Madinah, but he never missed a prayer with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). We felt sorry for him, and I said to him: 'O so-and-so, why don't you buy a donkey to spare you from the burning sand and the reptiles of the land?' He said: 'By Allah, I would not like my house to be beside the house of Muhammad (s.a.w).' I thought that this was too much, so I brought him to the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) and told him. So he called him and he told him about that, and mentioned that he hoped for reward for his footsteps. The Prophet (s.a.w) said to him: 'You will have that which you seek."'