Yahya bin Jamrah narrates: Some people came to visit Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) during his illness. They said: O Abu Abdullah! Congratulations to you, you will meet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Pond. He replied: How can that be possible in the presence of this and this? He said this while pointing towards his building, the roof of his house, and its two sides, meaning: How can it be possible in the presence of this? While the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said to us: "For any one of you, only as much of the world is sufficient as is the provision of a rider for his journey."

Sa'id bin Wahb narrates this statement of Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him): We complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the severity of the heat, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not give us any answer.

Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We complained to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about the intensity of the heat, but he (peace be upon him) did not give us any answer.

The narrator named Qais reports: We went to visit Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) in his illness; he had seven marks of cauterization on his stomach. He said: If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not forbidden us from praying for death, I would have prayed for it. Then he said: Some people before us have already departed (from this world), and they did not attain anything from the world. After them, we remained until the world also came to us, and so much came to us that none of us knows what to do with it except to put it into the earth (i.e., to use it for construction). However, whatever a Muslim spends, he will get reward for everything except for what he spends on the earth (i.e., on construction).

Abu Wa'il narrates: We went to visit Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was ill, and he said: Indeed, we migrated with Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking only Allah's pleasure, so our reward became due upon Allah. Some of us have departed (from this world) and did not take anything from their reward. Among them was Sayyiduna Mus'ab bin 'Umair (may Allah be pleased with him), who was martyred on the day of Uhud. He left behind only a single sheet; when we covered his feet, his head would be exposed, and when we covered his head, his feet would be exposed. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed us to cover his head and to place some idhkhir (a type of grass) on his feet. While some of us are those whose fruits have ripened and they are gathering them.

Abu Ma'mar narrates: We asked Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him): Did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recite (Qur'an) in the Zuhr and Asr prayers? He replied: Yes. We asked: How did you know this? He replied: Because of the movement of the blessed beard of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Qais narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: I presented myself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was reclining on his cloak in the shade of the Ka‘bah. We were facing severe persecution from the polytheists. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Why do you not supplicate for us? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then sat up straight, and his blessed face turned red. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Among those before you, there were people upon whom iron combs were used, reaching their flesh and nerves down to the bone, but even that did not turn them away from their religion. A saw was placed on the head of a man and he was cut into two pieces, but even that did not turn them away from their religion. Allah will surely complete this matter, until a rider will travel from Sana‘a to Hadramawt fearing none but Allah.”The narrator named Bayan added these words:“And he will only fear the wolf for his sheep.”

Tariq bin Shihab narrates: Some companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to visit Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him). They said: O Abu Abdullah, glad tidings to you that you will meet your brothers at the Pond of Kawthar. He replied: There will be many people on it. You have mentioned some people before me and called them my brothers, whereas those people have departed (from this world) and did not receive anything from their reward. After them, we remained and we also acquired the world, as a result of which we fear that perhaps this (worldly gain) is the recompense for our deeds.