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hakim:8231Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Marzūq > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Ḥudhayfah > ʿAmmatih Fāṭimah

[Machine] I returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found a water pitcher hanging, and its water was dripping on him due to the intensity of the fever he was experiencing. So I said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you invoke Allah to remove it from you?" He replied, "Verily, the prophets face the most severe trials, and then those who are closest to them." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the summary.  

الحاكم:٨٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ حُذَيْفَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَتْ

عُدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي نِسْوَةٍ فَإِذَا سِقَاءٌ مُعَلَّقٌ وَمَاؤُهُ يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ حَرِّ الْحُمَّى فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ دَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ عَنْكَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  


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ahmad:27079Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Ḥudhayfah > ʿAmmatih Fāṭimah

[Machine] She said, "We went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to visit him in the company of women. We found a water bag hanging next to him, and its water was dripping onto him due to the extreme heat of fever that he was suffering from. We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if you supplicate to Allah, He will cure you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'Indeed, the prophets are the ones who face the most severe trials, followed by those who are closest to them, then those who are closest to them, then those who are closest to them.'"  

أحمد:٢٧٠٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَعُودُهُ فِي نِسَاءٍ فَإِذَا سِقَاءٌ مُعَلَّقٌ نَحْوَهُ يَقْطُرُ مَاؤُهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ حَرِّ الْحُمَّى قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ دَعَوْتَ اللهَ فَشَفَاكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءَ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ  

tabarani:21095Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Saʿīd b. al-Rabīʿ > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Ḥudhayfah > ʿAmmatih Fāṭimah

[Machine] I returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a state of illness, with my throat hanging down due to the intensity of fever. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, if you supplicate to Allah, it will go away from me.” He replied, “Some of the most severely tested among people are the prophets, then the righteous, then the best of people. The test is in accordance with one’s religious commitment. So, if a person is steadfast in his religious commitment, his test will be more severe, and if he is weak in his religious commitment, he will be tested according to his level of religious commitment. And calamity will keep befalling a person until he walks on the earth with no sins on him.”  

الطبراني:٢١٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَتْ

عُدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نِسَاءٍ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ السِّقَاءُ يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحُمَّى فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ دَعَوْتَ فَذَهَبَ عَنْكَ شِدَّتُهَا فَقَالَ «أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الصَّالِحُونَ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ»