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ahmad:25338ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no illness or pain that afflicts a believer except that it serves as an expiation for his sins, even if it is as small as a prick of a thorn or a prick of a needle."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ وَجَعٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا كَانَ كَفَّارَةً لِذَنْبِهِ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا أَوِ النَّكْبَةِ يُنْكَبُهَا  


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ahmad:24884ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no trouble that comes to a believer except that it obliterates from his sins, even if it is the pricking of a thorn (Using translation from Muslim 2572e)   

أحمد:٢٤٨٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ يُصَابُ بِهَا مُسْلِمٌ إِلَّا كُفِّرَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا  

ذِكْرُ تَكْفِيرِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا ذُنُوبَ الْمُسْلِمِ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِالْأَسْقَامِ وَالْأَوْجَاعِ

ibnhibban:2925Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is no illness or pain that afflicts a believer except that it becomes an expiation for their sins, even a thorn that pricks them or a calamity that befalls them."  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ سَقَمٍ وَلَا وَجَعٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا كَانَ كَفَّارَةٌ لِذَنْبِهِ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةُ يُشَاكُهَا وَالنَّكْبَةُ يُنْكَبُهَا»