Hadith #68
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَكَانَ لِجَدِّهِ صُحْبَةٌ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ زَائِرًا لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ فَبَلَغَهُ شَكَاتُهُ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَتَيْتُكَ زَائِرًا عَائِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا ق
َالَ كَيْفَ جَمَعْتَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ زِيَارَتَكَ فَبَلَغَتْنِي شَكَاتُكَ فَكَانَتْ عِيَادَةً وَأُبَشِّرُكَ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا سَبَقَتْ لِلْعَبْدِ مِنْ اللَّهِ مَنْزِلَةٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهَا بِعَمَلِهِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللَّهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ أَوْ فِي مَالِهِ أَوْ فِي وَلَدِهِ ثُمَّ صَبَّرَهُ حَتَّى يُبْلِغَهُ الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنْهُ
Isnad Chain
حسين بن محمد
أبو المليح
محمد بن خالد
أبيه
جده وكان لجده صحبة
English Translation
It was narrated from Muhammad ibn Khalid, from his father, from his grandfather — who was a companion — that he went out to visit a sick man and met him. He said: 'How did you combine all of this?' He said: 'I set out intending to visit you, and news reached me of your illness, so it became a sick visit. And I bring you glad tidings of something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: When Allah has already decreed a station for a servant that his deeds cannot reach, Allah afflicts him in his body, his wealth, or his children, and then grants him patience until he reaches that station.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 41, Hadith 68
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 21306
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-57696