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so they caused him to bleed, yet he kept wiping the blood from his face while saying, “O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know.” Agreed upon.

38 – Abu Saʿīd and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “No fatigue (1), illness, anxiety, sorrow, harm, or distress afflicts a Muslim—even a thorn that pricks him—without Allah thereby expiating some of his sins.” Agreed upon. Al-waṣab: illness.

39 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while he was suffering from fever, and I said, “O Messenger of Allah, you are enduring a severe fever.” He replied, “Yes (2), I suffer as two of you would suffer.” I asked, “Is that because you will receive a double reward?” He said, “Yes, so it is. No Muslim is afflicted by any harm, a thorn or anything greater, without Allah thereby wiping away his sins; his offenses fall from him as a tree sheds its leaves.” Agreed upon.

Al-waʿk: the ache (3) that accompanies fever; some said: the fever itself.

40 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When Allah intends good for someone, He afflicts him.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

The verb yuṣib may be read with either an open or a broken ṣād.

41 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “None of you should wish for death because of some harm that has befallen him. If he feels he must do so, let him say: ‘O Allah, keep me alive so long as life is better for me, and cause me to die when death is better for me.’ ” Agreed upon.

(1) That is, fatigue. The Prophetic hadith indicates that illnesses and similar afflictions that befall a believer cleanse him of sins, and that one should not combine the trial of sickness or harm with the loss of its spiritual reward. (2) It is an affirmative response particle, equivalent to “yes.” (3) It is also called al-maghs (spelled with a plain s), referring to pain in the stomach and bowels.

قَوْمُهُ فَأَدْمُوهُ وَهُوَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : « اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ » متفق عليه . ٣٨ - وعن أبي سعيد وأبي هريرة رضي الله عنهما عن النبي ﷺ قال : « مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسْلِمَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ (١) وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا هَمٍّ وَلَا حَزَنٍ وَلَا أَذًى وَلَا غَمٍّ ، حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةُ يُشَاكُهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ » متفق عليه . و « الْوَصَبُ » : المرض . ٣٩ - وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : دخلت على النبي ﷺ وهو يُوعَكُ فقلت : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ تُوعَكُ وَعْكًا شَدِيدًا ، قَالَ : « أَجَلْ (٢) إِنِّي أُوعَكُ كَمَا يُوعَكُ رَجُلَانِ مِنْكُمْ » قُلْتُ : ذَلِكَ أَنَّ لَكَ أَجْرَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ : « أَجَلْ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ ، مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصِيبُهُ أَذًى ، شَوْكَةٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ بِهَا سَيِّئَاتِهِ ، وَحَطَّتْ عَنْهُ ذُنُوبُهُ كَمَا تَحُطُّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا » متفق عليه . و « الْوَعْكُ » : مَغْثُ (٣) الْحُمَّى ، وَقِيلَ : الْحُمَّى . ٤٠ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ » . رواه البخاري . وَضَبَطُوا « يُصِبْ » بِفَتْحِ الصَّادِ وَكَسْرِهَا . ٤١ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « لَا يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَلْيَقُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي ، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي » متفق عليه .

(١) أي : التعب . وفي الحديث : إن الأمراض ونحوها من المؤذيات التي تصيب المؤمن مطهرة من الذنوب ، وأنه ينبغي للإنسان أن لا يجمع على نفسه بين المرض أو الأذى مثلاً وبين تفويت الثواب . (٢) هي للجواب مثل : نعم . (٣) ويقال له « المغص » بالصاد المهملة وهو الألم في المعدة والأحشاء .