ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ يُجَازِي مَنْ شَاءَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ عَلَى سَيِّئَاتِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ تَطْهِيرًا عَنْهَا
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)
أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عَمِلْنَا جُزِينَا بِهِ؟ فَقَالَ «غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ؟ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «هُوَ مَا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ»