Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:3694 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَنْدَهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السَّمْتِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ قَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَعْطَى مَا سَأَلُوهُ يَوْمَ عَذَّبَهُمُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِلَّا خَبَّابُ بْنُ الْأَرَتِّ كَانُوا يُضْجِعُونَهُ عَلَى الرَّضْفِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَقِلُّوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَأَتَى بِكَفَنِهِ فَنَشَرَ عَلَيْهِ قَبَاطِيَّ بِيضًا فَبَكَى فَقَالُوا مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ فَأَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «ذَكَرْتُ مُصْعَبَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ لَمْ يَتَعَجَّلُ شَيْئًا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِهِ كُفِّنَ فِي بُرْدَةٍ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا يُكَفَّنْ فِيهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا غَطَّيْنَا بِهَا رَأْسَهُ خَرَجَتْ رِجْلَاهُ وَإِذَا غَطَّيْنَا رِجْلَيْهِ خَرَجَ رَأْسُهُ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْإِذْخِرِ وَمِنْ نَبَاتِ الْأَرْضِ»
English Translation
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt said: No one was able to withhold what the polytheists demanded of them on the day they tortured them except Khabbab ibn al-Aratt. They used to lay him on burning coals, yet they could not get anything from him. When his shroud was brought and white Egyptian cloth was spread over him, he wept. They asked: 'Why do you weep, O Abu 'Abdullah, when you are a companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)?' He said: 'I remembered Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr who did not hasten to enjoy any of his worldly pleasures. He was shrouded in a single cloak, and nothing else was found to shroud him in. When we covered his head with it, his feet would be exposed, and when we covered his feet, his head would be exposed, until we placed idhkhir grass and other vegetation over him.'