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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالصَّبْرِ لِمَنْ أُصِيبَ بِمُصِيبَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:2895ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > al-Ḥasan b. Ḥammād Sajjādah > Ibrāhīm b. ʿUyaynah > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a woman crying at a grave, so he said, "O woman, have patience." She replied, "You do not know my affliction." It was later said to her, "This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So she went to him and said, "I did not recognize you."  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ سَجَّادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِامْرَأَةٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ «يَا هَذِهِ اصْبِرِي» فَقَالَتْ إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا مُصَابِي فَقِيلَ لَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī

True patience is at the first stroke of a calamity

bukhari:1283Ādam > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ passed by a woman who was weeping beside a grave. He told her to fear Allah and be patient. She said to him, "Go away, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine." And she did not recognize him. Then she was informed that he was the Prophet ﷺ . so she went to the house of the Prophet ﷺ and there she did not find any guard. Then she said to him, "I did not recognize you." He said, "Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity."  

البخاري:١٢٨٣حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَبْكِي عِنْدَ قَبْرٍ فَقَالَ: «اتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَاصْبِرِي۔» قَالَتْ: إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي، فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصَبْ بِمُصِيبَتِي، وَلَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ۔ فَقِيلَ لَهَا: «إِنَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ» فَأَتَتْ باب النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدَهُ بَوَّابِينَ، فَقَالَتْ: لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى۔»