ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَخْصُوصِينَ يُضَاعَفُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلَمُ الْحُمَّى لِيَسْتَوفُوا عَلَيْهَا الثَّوَابَ فِي الْعُقْبَى

I visited Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he was running a high temperature. I touched his body with my hand and said to him: Messenger of Allah, you are running a high temperature, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, it is so. I comparatively have a more severe fever than any one of you. I said: Is it because there is a double reward in store for you? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, it is so. And Messenger of Allah ﷺ again said: When a Muslim falls ill, his compensation is that his minor sins are obliterated just as leaves fall (in autumn). In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Zubair there is (no mention of these words):" I touched his body with my hands." (Using translation from Muslim 2571a)   

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمَسِسْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتُوعَكُ وَعْكًا شَدِيدًا فَقَالَ «أَجَلْ إِنِّي أُوعَكُ مَا يُوعَكُ رَجُلَانِ مِنْكُمْ» قُلْتُ إِنَّ لَكَ أَجْرَيْنِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَجَلْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُسْلِمٌ يُصِيبُهُ أَذًى مِنْ مَرَضٍ فَمَا سِوَاهُ إِلَّا حَطَّ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَطَايَاهُ كَمَا تَحُطُّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا»  

"مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصِيبُه أَذًى: شَوْكَةٌ فما فَوْقَها، إِلا حَطَّ الله بِها سيَئاتِه، كَمَا تَحُطّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَها".