[Machine] A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the matter with these diseases that afflict us?" He replied, "They are expiation for sins." Ubayy ibn Ka'b said, "O Messenger of Allah, even if they are few?" He said, "Yes, even if they are as little as a thorn prick or less." Ubayy then made a vow not to be separated from the pain until he died, so that it would not distract him from performing Hajj, Umrah, or Jihad in the cause of Allah Almighty, nor the obligatory congregational prayers. The Prophet said, "No man's skin was touched by it except that he found its heat until he died."
رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ هَذِهِ الْأَمْرَاضَ الَّتِي تُصِيبُنَا مَاذَا لَنَا بِهَا؟ قَالَ «كَفَّارَاتٌ» فَقَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّتْ؟ قَالَ «شَوْكَةٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا؟» قَالَ «فَدَعَا أُبَيٌّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنْ لَا يُفَارِقَهُ الْوَعَكُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ بَعْدَ أَنْ لَا يَشْغَلَهُ عَنْ حَجٍّ وَلَا عَمْرَةٍ وَلَا جِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ وَلَا صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ» قَالَ «فَمَا مَسَّ رَجُلٌ جِلْدَهُ بَعْدَهَا إِلَّا وَجَدَ حَرَّهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ»