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7.544:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "No calamity
befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins
because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from
a thorn."
7.545:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri and Abu Huraira: The Prophet
said, "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor
hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick
he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his
sins for that."
7.546:
Narrated Ka`b:
The Prophet said, "The example of a believer is that of a
fresh tender plant, which the wind bends lt sometimes and some
other time it makes it straight. And the example of a
hypocrite is that of a pine tree which keeps straight till
once it is uprooted suddenly.
7.547:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The example of a
believer is that of a fresh tender plant; from whatever
direction the wind comes, it bends it, but when the wind
becomes quiet, it becomes straight again. Similarly, a
believer is afflicted with calamities (but he remains patient
till Allah removes his difficulties.) And an impious wicked
person is like a pine tree which keeps hard and straight till
Allah cuts (breaks) it down when He wishes." (See Hadith No.
558, Vol.
9.)
7.548:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If Allah wants to
do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials."
7.549:
Narrated Aisha:
I never saw anybody suffering so much from sickness as Allah's
Apostle.
7.550:
Narrated `Abdullah: I visited the Prophet during his ailments
and he was suffering from a high fever. I said, "You have a
high fever. Is it because you will have a double reward for
it?" He said, "Yes, for no Muslim is afflicted with any harm
but that Allah will remove his sins as the leaves of a tree
fall down."
7.551:
Narrated `Abdullah: I visited Allah's Apostle while he was
suffering from a high fever. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! You
have a high fever." He said, "Yes, I have as much fever as two
men of you." I said, "Is it because you will have a double
reward?" He said, "Yes, it is so. No Muslim is afflicted with
any harm, even if it were the prick of a thorn, but that Allah
expiates his sins because of that, as a tree sheds its
leaves." 7.552:
Narrated Abu Muisa Al−Ash`ari: The Prophet said, "Feed the
hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives."
7.553:
Narrated Al−Bara bin Azib: Allah's Apostle ordered us to do
seven things and forbade us to do seven other things. He
forbade us to wear gold rings, silk, Dibaj, Istabriq, Qissy,
and Maithara; and ordered us to accompany funeral processions,
visit the sick and greet everybody. (See Hadith No. 104)
7.554:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Once I fell ill. The Prophet and
Abu Bakr came walking to pay me a visit and found me
unconscious. The Prophet performed ablution and then poured
the remaining water on me, and I came to my senses to see the
Prophet. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! What shall I do with my
property? How shall I dispose of (distribute) my property?" He
did not reply till the Verse of inheritance was revealed.
7.555:
Narrated 'Ata bin Abi Rabah: Ibn `Abbas said to me, "Shall I
show you a woman of the people of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He
said, "This black lady came to the Prophet and said, 'I get
attacks of epilepsy and my body becomes uncovered; please
invoke Allah for me.' The Prophet said (to her), 'If you wish,
be patient and you will have (enter) Paradise; and if you
wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.' She said, 'I will
remain patient,' and added, 'but I become uncovered, so please
invoke Allah for me that I may not become uncovered.' So he
invoked Allah for her."
7.556:
Narrated 'Ata:
That he had seen Um Zafar, the tall black lady, at (holding)
the curtain of the Ka`ba. 7.557:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"Allah said, 'If I deprive my slave of his two beloved things
(i.e., his eyes) and he remains patient, I will let him enter
Paradise in compensation for them.'"
7.558:
Narrated `Aisha:
When Allah's Apostle emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal
got a fever. I entered upon them and asked, "O my father! How
are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever fever attacked Abu
Bakr, he would recite the following poetic verses: 'Everybody
is staying alive among his people, yet death is nearer to him
than his shoe laces." And whenever the fever deserted Bilal,
he would recite (two poetic lines): 'Would that I could stay
overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir
and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one
day I would drink of the water of Majinna and would that Shama
and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me.' Then I
came and informed Allah's Apostle about that, whereupon he
said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we
love Mecca. O Allah! Make it healthy and bless its Mudd and Sa
for us, and take away its fever and put it in Al Juhfa."
7.559:
Narrated Abu `Uthman: Usama bin Zaid said that while he. Sa`d
and Ubai bin Ka`b were with the Prophet a daughter of the
Prophet sent a message to him, saying. 'My daughter is dying;
please come to us." The Prophet sent her his greetings and
added "It is for Allah what He takes, and what He gives; and
everything before His sight has a limited period. So she
should hope for Allah's reward and remain patient." She again
sent a message, beseeching him by Allah, to come. So the
Prophet got up. and so did we (and went there). The child was
placed on his lap while his breath was irregular. Tears flowed
from the eyes of the Prophet. Sa`d said to him, "What is this,
O Allah's Apostle?" He said. "This Is Mercy which Allah has
embedded in the hearts of whomever He wished of His slaves.
And Allah does not bestow His Mercy, except on the merciful
among His slaves. (See Hadith No. 373 Vol. 2)
7.560:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet went to visit a sick bedouin.
Whenever the Prophet went to a patient, he used to say to him,
"Don't worry, if Allah will, it will be expiation (for your
sins):" The bedouin said, "You say expiation? No, it is but a
fever that is boiling or harassing an old man and will lead
him to his grave without his will." The Prophet said, "Then,
yes, it is so."
7.561:
Narrated Anas:
A Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet and became ill. The
Prophet went to pay him a visit and said to him, "Embrace
Islam," and he did embrace Islam. Al−Musaiyab said: When Abu
Talib was on his deathbed, the Prophet visited him.
7.562:
Narrated `Aisha:
During the ailment of the Prophet some people came to visits
him. He led them in prayer while sitting. but they prayed
standing, so he waved to them to sit down. When he had
finished the prayer, he said, "An Imam is to be followed, so
when he bows, you should bow. and when he raises his head, you
should raise yours, and if he prays sitting. you should pray
sitting." Abu `Abdullah said Al−Humaidi said, (The order of )
"This narration has been abrogated by the last action of the
Prophet as he led the prayer sitting, while the people prayed
standing behind him.'
7.563:
Narrated Sa`d:
I became seriously ill at Mecca and the Prophet came to visit
me. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I shall leave behind me a good
fortune, but my heir is my only daughter; shall I bequeath two
third of my property to be spent in charity and leave one
third (for my heir)?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall I bequeath
half and leave half?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall I bequeath
one third and leave two thirds?" He said, "One third is
alright, though even one third is too much." Then he placed
his hand on his forehead and passed it over my face and
`Abdomen and said, "O Allah! Cure Sa`d and complete his
emigration." I feel as if I have been feeling the coldness of
his hand on my liver ever since.
7.564:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: I visited Allah's Apostle while
he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him with my hand
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have a high fever." Allah's
Apostle said, "Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you
have." I said, "Is it because you will get a double reward?"
Allah's Apostle said, "Yes, no Muslim is afflicted with harm
because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but that
Allah will remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its
leaves."
7.565:
Narrated `Abdullah: I visited the Prophet during his illness
and touched him while he was having a fever. I said to him,
"You have a high fever; is it because you will get a double
reward?" He said, "Yes. No Muslim is afflicted with any harm,
but that his sins will be annulled as the leave of a tree fall
down."
7.566:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle entered upon sick man to
pay him a visit, and said to him, "Don't worry, Allah willing,
(your sickness will be) an expiation for your sins." The man
said, "No, it is but a fever that is boiling within an old man
and will send him to his grave." On that, the Prophet said,
"Then yes, it is so."
7.567:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid: The Prophet rode a donkey having a
saddle with a Fadakiyya velvet covering. He mounted me behind
him and went to visit Sa`d bin 'Ubada, and that had been
before the battle of Badr. The Prophet proceeded till he
passed by a gathering in which `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul
was present, and that had been before `Abdullah embraced
Islam. The gathering comprised of Muslims, polytheists, i.e.,
isolators and Jews. `Abdullah bin Rawaha was also present in
that gathering. When dust raised by the donkey covered the
gathering, `Abdullah bin Ubai covered his nose with his upper
garment and said, "Do not trouble us with dust." The Prophet
greeted them, stopped and dismounted. Then he invited them to
Allah (i.e., to embrace Islam) and recited to them some verses
of the Holy Qur'an. On that, `Abdullah bin Ubai said, "O man !
There is nothing better than what you say if it is true. Do
not trouble us with it in our gathering, but return to your
house, and if somebody comes to you, teach him there." On that
`Abdullah bin Rawaha said, Yes, O Allah's Apostle! Bring your
teachings to our gathering, for we love that." So the Muslims,
the pagans and the Jews started abusing each other till they
were about to fight. The Prophet kept on quietening them till
they became calm. Thereupon the Prophet mounted his animal and
proceeded till he entered upon Sa`d bin Ubada. He said to him
"O Sa`d! Have you not heard what Abu Hubab (i.e., `Abdullah
bin Ubai) said?" Sa`d said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Excuse and
forgive him, for Allah has given you what He has given you.
The people of this town (Medina decided unanimously to crown
him and make him their chief by placing a turban on his head,
but when that was prevented by the Truth which Allah had given
you he (`Abdullah bin Ubai) was grieved out of jealously, and
that was the reason which caused him to behave in the way you
have seen."
7.568:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet came to visit me (while I was sick) and he was
riding neither a mule, nor a horse.
7.569:
Narrated Ka`b bin 'Ujara: The Prophet passed by me while I was
kindling a fire under a (cooking) pot. He said, "Do the lice
of your head trouble you?" I said, "Yes." So he called a
barber to shave my head and ordered me to make expiation for
that."
7.570:
Narrated Al−Qasim bin Muhammad: `Aisha, (complaining of
headache) said, "Oh, my head"! Allah's Apostle said, "I wish
that had happened while I was still living, for then I would
ask Allah's Forgiveness for you and invoke Allah for you."
Aisha said, "Wa thuklayah! By Allah, I think you want me to
die; and If this should happen, you would spend the last part
of the day sleeping with one of your wives!" The Prophet said,
"Nay, I should say, 'Oh my head!' I felt like sending for Abu
Bakr and his son, and appoint him as my successor lest some
people claimed something or some others wished something, but
then I said (to myself), 'Allah would not allow it to be
otherwise, and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise".
7.571:
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: I visited the Prophet while he was having
a high fever. I touched him an said, "You have a very high
fever" He said, "Yes, as much fever as two me of you may
have." I said. "you will have a double reward?" He said, "Yes
No Muslim is afflicted with hurt caused by disease or some
other inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his sins as a
tree sheds its leaves." 7.572:
Narrated Sa`d:
Allah's Apostle came to visit me during my ailment which had
been aggravated during Hajjat−al−Wada`. I said to him, "You
see how sick I am. I have much property but have no heir
except my only daughter May I give two thirds of my property
in charity?"! He said, "No." I said, "Half of it?" He said,
"No." I said "One third?" He said, "One third is too much, for
to leave your heirs rich is better than to leave them poor,
begging of others. Nothing you spend seeking Allah's pleasure
but you shall get a reward for it, even for what you put in
the mouth of your wife."
7.573:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When Allah's Apostle was on his death−bed
and in the house there were some people among whom was `Umar
bin Al−Khattab, the Prophet said, "Come, let me write for you
a statement after which you will not go astray." `Umar said,
"The Prophet is seriously ill and you have the Qur'an; so the
Book of Allah is enough for us." The people present in the
house differed and quarrelled. Some said "Go near so that the
Prophet may write for you a statement after which you will not
go astray," while the others said as `Umar said. When they
caused a hue and cry before the Prophet, Allah's Apostle said,
"Go away!" Narrated 'Ubaidullah: Ibn `Abbas used to say, "It
was very unfortunate that Allah's Apostle was prevented from
writing that statement for them because of their disagreement
and noise." 7.574:
Narrated As−Sa'ib: My aunt took me to Allah's Apostle and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! My nephew is− ill." The Prophet
touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me.
He then performed ablution and I drank of the remaining water
of his ablution and then stood behind his back and saw "Khatam
An−Nubuwwa" (The Seal of Prophethood) between his shoulders
like a button of a tent.
7.575:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "None of you should
wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he
has to wish for death, he should say: "O Allah! Keep me alive
as long as life is better for me, and let me die if death is
better for me.' "
7.576:
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim: We went to pay a visit to Khabbab
(who was sick) and he had been branded (cauterized) at seven
places in his body. He said, "Our companions who died (during
the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this world) without having
their rewards reduced through enjoying the pleasures of this
life, but we have got (so much) wealth that we find no way to
spend It except on the construction of buildings Had the
Prophet not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have
wished for it.' We visited him for the second time while he
was building a wall. He said, A Muslim is rewarded (in the
Hereafter) for whatever he spends except for something that he
spends on building."
7.577:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The
good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise."
(i.e., None can enter Paradise through his good deeds.) They
(the Prophet's companions) said, 'Not even you, O Allah's
Apostle?' He said, "Not even myself, unless Allah bestows His
favor and mercy on me." So be moderate in your religious deeds
and do the deeds that are within your ability: and none of you
should wish for death, for if he is a good doer, he may
increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil doer, he may
repent to Allah."
7.578:
Narrated `Aisha:
I heard the Prophet , who was resting against me, saying, "O
Allah! Excuse me and bestow Your Mercy on me and let me join
with the highest companions (in Paradise)." See Qur'an ( 4.69)
7.579:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle paid a visit to a patient, or a
patient was brought to him, he used to invoke Allah, saying,
"Take away the disease, O the Lord of the people! Cure him as
You are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours, a cure
that leaves no disease."
7.580:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet came to me while I
was ill. He performed ablution and threw the remaining water
on me (or said, "Pour it on him) " When I came to my senses I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have no son or father to be my
heir, so how will be my inheritance?" Then the Verse of
inheritance was revealed.
7.581:
Narrated `Aisha:
When Allah's Apostle emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal
had a fever. I entered upon them and said, "O my father! How
are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever Abu Bakr got the
fever he used to say, "Everybody is staying alive with his
people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And
when fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic
verses): "Would that I could stay overnight in a valley
wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds
of good smelling grass). Would that one day I could drink of
the water of Majinna, and would that Shama and Tafil (two
mountains at Mecca) would appear to me!" I went to Allah's
Apostle and informed him about that. He said, "O Allah! Make
us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca, and make it
healthy, and bless its Sa and its Mudd, and take away its
fever and put it in Al−Juhfa." (See Hadith No 558).