Hadith #58
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَارِجَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ أَنَّهُ رَاحَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ دِمَشْقَ وَهَجَّرَ بِالرَّوَاحِ فَلَقِيَ شَدَّادَ بْنَ أَوْسٍ وَالصُّنَابِحِيُّ مَعَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ تُرِيدَانِ
يَرْحَمُكُمَا اللَّهُ قَالَا نُرِيدُ هَاهُنَا إِلَى أَخٍ لَنَا مَرِيضٍ نَعُودُهُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا حَتَّى دَخَلَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَا لَهُ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ قَالَ أَصْبَحْتُ بِنِعْمَةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ شَدَّادٌ أَبْشِرْ بِكَفَّارَاتِ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَحَطِّ الْخَطَايَا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ إِنِّي إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنًا فَحَمِدَنِي عَلَى مَا ابْتَلَيْتُهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَقُومُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ مِنْ الْخَطَايَا وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا قَيَّدْتُ عَبْدِي وَابْتَلَيْتُهُ وَأَجْرُوا لَهُ كَمَا كُنْتُمْ تُجْرُونَ لَهُ وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ
Isnad Chain
هيثم بن خارجة
إسماعيل بن عياش
راشد بن داود الصنعاني
أبي الأشعث الصنعاني
English Translation
Haytham ibn Khārijah narrated to us, Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from Rāshid ibn Dāwūd al-Ṣanʿānī, from Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī, that he set out early to the mosque of Damascus. He met Shaddād ibn Aws, and al-Ṣunābiḥī was with him. I said: "Where are you two headed, may Allāh have mercy on you?" They said: "We are heading here, to a brother of ours who is ill, to visit him." So I went with them until they entered upon that man and said to him: "How are you this morning?" He said: "I am well, by Allāh's grace." Shaddād said to him: "Rejoice in the expiation of sins and the removal of misdeeds, for I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Indeed, Allāh عز وجل says: When I test a believing servant of Mine and he praises Me for what I have tested him with, he rises from that sickbed as [sinless as] the day his mother bore him.' The Lord عز وجل says: 'I have restrained My servant and tested him. Record for him [good deeds] as you used to record for him when he was healthy.'"
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 58
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16496
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52886