[Machine] I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and found him feeling unwell. I touched him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you seem to be feeling very unwell." He replied, "Indeed, I am feeling unwell just like two of you." I said, "Is there any reward for you in this?" He said, "Yes, by the One in whose hand is my soul, there is no Muslim on the earth who is afflicted with any harm or illness except that Allah removes his sins from him just as leaves fall from a tree." And Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn al-Muammil narrated to us, stating that Abu Uthman al-Basri narrated to us, stating that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab informed him, from Ya'la ibn 'Ubaid, from Al-A'mash, who mentioned it in similar words, and said, "So I placed my hand on him."  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُوعَكُ فَمَسِسْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ لَتُوعَكُ وَعْكًا شَدِيدًا قَالَ أَجَلْ إِنِّي أُوعَكُ كَمَا يُوعَكُ رَجُلَانِ مِنْكُمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَنَّ لَكَ أَجْرَيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُسْلِمٌ يُصِيبُهُ أَذًى مِنْ مَرِضٍ فَمَا سِوَاهُ إِلَّا حَطَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا تَحُطُّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا 6532 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُؤَمَّلِ ثنا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] That Abu Sa’id al-Khudri entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was wearing a cloak. He placed his hand upon it and found that it was warm on top of the cloak. Abu Sa’id said: "How severe is your fever, O Messenger of Allah!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: "Indeed, we are subjected to trails and tests in this way, and as a result our reward is multiplied." Abu Sa’id asked: "O Messenger of Allah, who are the people who are subjected to the most trials?" The Prophet ﷺ answered: "The prophets." Abu Sa’id asked again: "Then who?" The Prophet ﷺ replied: "Then the scholars." Abu Sa’id asked again: "Then who?" The Prophet ﷺ answered: "Then the righteous. One of them is afflicted with poverty until he possesses nothing but a cloak to wear, and he is afflicted with lice until he kills them. And one of them rejoices more in times of trial than one of you does in times of prosperity."  

أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَوْعُوكٌ عَلَيْهِ قَطِيفَةٌ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَ حَرَارَتَهَا فَوْقَ الْقَطِيفَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَا أَشَدَّ حَرَّ حُمَّاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ يُشَدَّدُ عَلَيْنَا الْبَلَاءُ وَيُضَاعَفُ لَنَا الْأَجْرُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْعُلَمَاءُ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ الصَّالِحُونَ كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ يُبْتَلَى بِالْفَقْرِ حَتَّى مَا يَجِدُ إِلَّا الْعَبَاءَةَ يَلْبَسُهَا وَيُبْتَلَى بِالْقُمَّلِ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَهُ وَلَأَحَدُهُمْ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِالْبَلَاءِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ بِالْعَطَاءِ  

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)   

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّونَ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسْبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ صُلْبَ الدِّينِ اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا تَبْرَحُ الْبَلَايَا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ حَتَّى تَدَعَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ  

[Machine] "When the verse 'Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it' [Quran 4:123] was revealed, it caused distress among the Muslims. They mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he said: 'Come closer, be on the right track, and take good tidings. Indeed, every affliction that befalls a Muslim is an expiation for his sins, even if it is as minor as a thorn that pricks him or a calamity that affects him.'"  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} [النساء 123] شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَذَكَرُوهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَارِبُوا وَسَدِّدُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَا أَصَابَ الْمُسْلِمَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَهُ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةُ يُشَاكُهَا أَوِ النَّكْبَةُ يُنْكَبُهَا  

I was told that Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, how could we be in a good state after this verse: “It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereofʿ fan-Nisa' 4:123]? Will we be punished for every bad deed we do? There Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿMay Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr, do you not fall sick? Do you not get exhausted? Do you not feel sad? Don't calamities befall you?ʿ He said: Of course. He said: ʿThat is the recompense you are given.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 68)   

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ؟ {مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} [النساء 123] أَكَلُّ سُوءٍ عَمِلْنَا بِهِ جُزِينَا؟ فَقَالَ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَنْصَبُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ الْبَلَاءُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَهُوَ مَا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا  

[Machine] Saeed Al-Khudri and Abu Hurairah reported that they both heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "No affliction, hardship, illness, or sorrow befalls a believer, even if it is the pricking of a thorn, except that Allah expiates his sins through it."  

سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا سَقَمٍ وَلَا حَزَنٍ حَتَّى الْهَمُّ يُهِمُّهُ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ  

(the wife of the Prophet) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5640)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ تُصِيبُ الْمُسْلِمَ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ بِهَا عَنْهُ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no affliction that befalls a believer except that it expiates his sins, even if it is just a thorn that pricks him. This is from the narration of Yunus ibn Yazid (6539) and in the narration of Ma'mar, he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no sickness or pain that afflicts a believer except that it becomes an expiation for his sins, even if it is just a thorn that pricks him or a calamity that befalls him.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ يُصَابُ بِهَا الْمُؤْمِنُ إِلَّا كُفِّرَ بِهَا عَنْهُ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ 6539 وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَرِضٍ أَوْ وَجَعٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا كَانَ كَفَّارَةً لِذُنُوبِهِ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا أَوِ النَّكْبَةِ يُنْكَبُهَا  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no believer who is pricked by a thorn or anything greater, except that Allah expiates his sins and raises his rank with it."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ تَشُوكُهُ شَوْكَةٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا إِلَّا حَطَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً  

A believer does not receive (the trouble) of running a thorn or more than that but Allah elevates him in rank or effaces his sins because of that. (Using translation from Muslim 2572b)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ شَوْكَةٍ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever spends a good expense in the cause of Allah, he will be rewarded with seven hundred times. And whoever spends an expense on his family or removes harm from a way, the good deed is multiplied ten times. And fasting is a shield as long as it is not broken. And whoever Allah afflicts with a trial in his body, he will have his sins purged from it." Khalid said, meaning, "His sins are forgiven for him."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ نَفَقَةً فَاضِلَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَبِسَبْعِ مِائَةٍ وَمَنْ أَنْفَقَ نَفَقَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهِ أَوْ مَازَ أَذًى عَنْ طَرِيقٍ فَالْحَسَنَةُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَالصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ مَا لَمْ يَخْرِقْهَا وَمَنِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ بِبَلَاءٍ فِي جَسَدِهِ فَلَهُ بِهِ حِطَّةُ خَطِيئَةٍ قَالَ خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي تُحَطُّ عَنْهُ ذُنُوبَهُ  

"Trials will not cease afflicting the believing man and the believing woman in their self, children, and wealth, until they meet Allah without having any sin." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2399)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ وَالْمُؤْمِنَةِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَفِي وَلَدِهِ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of a believer when he is afflicted with illness or fever is like a piece of iron that is put into the fire. Its impurities are removed and what remains is its goodness."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ حِينَ يُصِيبُهُ الْوَعْكُ أَوِ الْحُمَّى كَمَثَلِ حَدِيدَةٍ تُدْخَلُ النَّارَ فَيَذْهَبُ خَبَثُهَا وَيَبْقَى طَيِّبُهَا  

[Machine] "From his grandfather, and he had a close companionship with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'When a servant is given a position by Allah that he cannot attain by his own actions, Allah tests him in his body, wealth, or offspring.' The son of Nufayl increased in patience upon that, until they both reached the status that Allah had predetermined for him.'"  

عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ مَنْزِلَةٌ لَمْ يَنَلْهَا بِعَمَلِهِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ أَوْ فِي مَالِهِ أَوْ فِي وَلَدِهِ زَادَ ابْنُ نُفَيْلٍ ثُمَّ صَبَرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, when a servant is following a good path of worship and then falls ill, it is said to the appointed angel, 'Write down for him the same reward for his actions as when he was healthy, until he is either released (from his illness) or given full recovery."  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَى طَرِيقَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ ثُمَّ مَرِضَ قِيلَ لِلْمَلَكِ الْمُوَكَّلِ اكْتُبْ لَهُ مِثْلَ عَمَلِهِ إِذَا كَانَ طَلِقًا حَتَّى أُطْلِقَهُ أَوْ أَكْفِتَهُ إِلَيَّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a servant falls sick or travels, he will be rewarded for the deeds he used to do while being healthy and settled."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَرِضَ الْعَبْدُ أَوْ سَافَرَ كُتِبَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ مُقِيمًا صَحِيحًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: Allah the Exalted and Most High said, "When I afflict my believing servant and he does not complain to others about Me, I release him from his chains and replace his flesh with better flesh and his blood with better blood, then he continues in his work." This was narrated by Abu Sakhr Humaid bin Ziyad from Sa'id from Abu Hurairah, and it is stopped on him.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدِي الْمُؤْمِنَ فَلَمْ يَشْكُنِي إِلَى عُوَّادِهِ أَطْلَقْتُهُ مِنْ أُسَارِيَّ ثُمَّ أَبْدَلْتُهُ لَحْمًا خَيْرًا مِنْ لَحْمِهِ وَدَمًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَمِهِ ثُمَّ يسْتَأْنَفُ الْعَمَلَ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو صَخْرٍ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَوْقُوفًا عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] Allah tests His believing servant, and if he does not complain to others about his pain, I will remove his sins and replace his blood with better blood and his flesh with better flesh. Then I will say to him, "Do you want anything?"  

اللهُ ﷻ أَبْتَلِي عَبْدِيَ الْمُؤْمِنَ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَشْكُ إِلَى عُوَّادِهِ ذَلِكَ حَلَلْتُ عَنْهُ عُقَدِي وَأَبْدَلْتُهُ دَمًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَمِهِ وَلَحْمًا خَيْرًا مِنْ لَحْمِهِ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُ ايتَنِفِ الْعَمَلَ؟  

[Machine] The fever came seeking permission from the Prophet ﷺ , so he asked, "Who are you?" The fever replied, "I am the fever." He asked, "Do you know the people of Quba?" She said, "Yes." He said, "Go to them." So she went to them and they experienced its intensity. They complained about it to the Prophet ﷺ , so he said, "If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah to remove it from you, and if you wish, it will be a means of expiation and purification." They said, "Instead, let it be a means of expiation and purification." 6551  

جَاءَتِ الْحُمَّى تُسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتِ قَالَتْ الْحُمَّى قَالَ أَتَعْرِفِينَ أَهْلَ قُبَاءٍ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَذَهَبَتْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَقُوا مِنْهَا شِدَّةً فَشَكَوْا ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ دَعَوْتُ اللهَ فَكَشَفَهَا عَنْكُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ كَانَتْ كَفَّارَةً وَطَهُورًا فَقَالُوا بَلْ تَكُونُ كَفَّارَةً وَطَهُورًا 6551  

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Allah says, When I test My servant with the loss of his loved ones, and he remains patient, I will compensate him with Paradise, which he desires through his eyes.'"  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدِي بِحَبِيبَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ صَبَرَ عَوَّضْتُهُ مِنْهُمَا الْجَنَّةَ يُرِيدُ عَيْنَيْهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "On the Day of Judgment, the people who were granted ease in this world would wish that their skins had been cut with scissors out of the reward that the people who were tested with hardships receive."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوَدُّ أَهْلُ الْعَافِيَةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنَّ جُلُودَهُمْ قُرِضَتْ بِالْمَقَارِيضِ مِمَّا يَرَوْنَ مِنْ ثَوَابِ أَهْلِ الْبَلَاءِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "For the believer, there is good in everything and this applies only to the believer. If good befalls him, he is thankful and it is good for him. If harm befalls him, he is patient and it is good for him. All the decrees of Allah are good for the Muslims."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنُ كُلٌّ لَهُ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَهُ سَرَّاءُ فَشَكَرَ اللهَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ وَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ ضَرَّاءُ فَصَبَرَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ فَكُلُّ قَضَاءِ اللهِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am amazed by the believer. If goodness befalls him, he praises Allah and shows gratitude, and if a calamity befalls him, he praises Allah and remains patient. The believer is rewarded for every action, even for lifting a morsel of food to his wife's mouth. There are many narrations on this subject, but what we have mentioned suffices for those who are granted understanding."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَجِبْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ حَمِدَ اللهَ وَشَكَرَ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ حَمِدَ اللهَ وَصَبَرَ فَالْمُؤْمِنُ يُؤْجَرُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَمْرِهِ حَتَّى يُؤْجَرَ فِي اللُّقْمَةِ يَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِي امْرَأَتِهِ وَفِي هَذَا أَخْبَارٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَفِيمَا ذَكَرْنَا كِفَايَةٌ لِمَنْ أُيِّدَ بِالتَّوْفِيقِ