Patients

Abū al-Yamān al-Ḥakam ibn Nāfiʿ narrated to us: Shuʿayb informed us, from al-Zuhrī, who said: ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr informed me that ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “No affliction befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins through it, even a thorn that pricks him.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad narrated to me: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAmr narrated to us: Zuhayr ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥalḥalah, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī and from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “No fatigue, illness, worry, grief, harm, or distress befalls a Muslim—not even a thorn that pricks him—but Allah expiates some of his sins through it.”

Musaddad narrated to us: Yaḥyā narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Saʿd, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Kaʿb, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “The believer is like a tender plant: the wind bends it one time and sets it upright another. The hypocrite is like a cedar tree: it remains standing until it is uprooted all at once.”

Zakariyyā said: Saʿd narrated to me: Ibn Kaʿb narrated to us, from his father, Kaʿb, from the Prophet ﷺ.

Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Fulayḥ narrated to me; he said: My father narrated to me, from Hilāl ibn ʿAlī, of Banū ʿĀmir ibn Luʾayy, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The believer is like a tender plant: whichever way the wind comes, it bends it. When it straightens, it continues to sway amid trials. The wicked person is like a rigid, upright cedar tree, until Allah breaks it whenever He wills.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: Mālik informed us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ṣaʿṣaʿah, who said: I heard Saʿīd ibn Yasār, Abū al-Ḥubāb, say: I heard Abū Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When Allah wills good for someone, He afflicts him.”

Qabīṣah narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash.

Bishr ibn Muḥammad narrated to me: ʿAbd Allāh informed us: Shuʿbah informed us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Wāʾil, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: “I never saw anyone suffer pain more severely than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrāhīm al-Taymī, from al-Ḥārith ibn Suwayd, from ʿAbd Allāh (may Allah be pleased with him): “I came to the Prophet ﷺ during his illness, when he was suffering a severe fever. I said, ‘You are suffering a severe fever.’ I said, ‘That is because you have a double reward.’ He replied, ‘Yes. No Muslim is afflicted by harm but that Allah removes his sins from him, as the leaves of a tree fall.’”

ʿAbdān narrated to us, from Abū Ḥamzah, from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrāhīm al-Taymī, from al-Ḥārith ibn Suwayd, from ʿAbd Allāh, who said: “I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was feverish. I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you have a severe fever.’ He said, ‘Yes, I suffer fever as severely as two men among you.’ I said, ‘Is that because you have a double reward?’ He said, ‘Yes, that is so. No Muslim is afflicted by harm—even a thorn or anything greater—but that Allah expiates his sins through it, just as a tree sheds its leaves.’”

Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated to us: Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us, from Manṣūr, from Abū Wāʾil, from Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and free the captive.”

Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us; he said: Ashʿath ibn Sulaym informed me; he said: I heard Muʿāwiyah ibn Suwayd ibn Muqarrin, from al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He forbade us to wear a gold ring, silk, brocade, heavy silk, qassī cloth, and a maytharah. He commanded us to follow funeral processions, visit the sick, and spread greetings of peace.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Ibn al-Munkadir, who heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: “I fell ill, and the Prophet ﷺ came to visit me with Abū Bakr; they were walking. They found me unconscious. The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution, then poured his ablution water over me. I regained consciousness and found the Prophet ﷺ there. I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, what should I do with my wealth? How should I dispose of it?’ He did not answer me until the verse of inheritance was revealed.”

Musaddad narrated to us: Yaḥyā narrated to us, from ʿImrān Abū Bakr, who said: ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ narrated to me; he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said to me, “Shall I show you a woman from the people of Paradise?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “This Black woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, ‘I suffer from seizures, and I become uncovered. Pray to Allah for me.’ He said, ‘If you wish, be patient, and you will have Paradise; or, if you wish, I will pray to Allah to grant you well-being.’ She said, ‘I will be patient.’ Then she said, ‘I become uncovered, so pray to Allah that I will not become uncovered.’ He prayed for her.”

Muḥammad narrated to us: Makhlad informed us, from Ibn Jurayj; ʿAṭāʾ informed me that he saw that woman, Umm Zufar, a tall Black woman at the covering of the Kaʿbah.

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us; he said: Ibn al-Hād narrated to me, from ʿAmr, the freedman of al-Muṭṭalib, from Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, “Allah says: ‘When I test My servant by taking his two beloved ones, and he is patient, I will compensate him for them with Paradise.’” He meant his eyes.

Ashʿath ibn Jābir and Abū Ẓilāl also transmitted it from Anas, from the Prophet ﷺ.

Qutaybah narrated to us, from Mālik, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, Abū Bakr and Bilāl (may Allah be pleased with them both) fell ill with fever. I went in to them and said, ‘Father, how are you feeling? Bilāl, how are you feeling?’ When fever came upon Abū Bakr, he would say, ‘Every man wakes among his family, yet death is nearer than the strap of his sandal.’ When the fever left Bilāl, he would say:

‘Would that I knew: shall I spend a night in a valley with idhkhir and jalīl all around me? Shall I ever reach the waters of Majannah? Will Shāmah and Ṭufayl appear to me?’

ʿĀʾishah said: I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him. He said, ‘O Allah, make Medina beloved to us as Mecca is beloved to us, or even more. O Allah, make it healthy for us, bless its mudd and ṣāʿ, and move its fever to al-Juḥfah.’”

Ḥajjāj ibn Minhāl narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us; he said: ʿĀṣim informed me; he said: I heard Abū ʿUthmān, from Usāmah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both): “A daughter of the Prophet ﷺ sent for him while I was with the Prophet ﷺ, Saʿd, and—so we think—Ubayy. She said, ‘I believe my child is at the point of death, so come to us.’ He sent her greetings and said, ‘What Allah takes and what He gives belong to Him, and everything has an appointed term with Him. Let her seek her reward and be patient.’ She sent for him again, adjuring him to come. The Prophet ﷺ stood, and we stood with him. The child was lifted into the Prophet’s ﷺ lap, while its breath rattled. The Prophet’s ﷺ eyes overflowed with tears. Saʿd said to him, ‘What is this, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘This is mercy that Allah has placed in the hearts of whichever of His servants He wills. Allah shows mercy only to the merciful among His servants.’”

Muʿallā ibn Asad narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Mukhtār narrated to us: Khālid narrated to us, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both): The Prophet ﷺ visited a Bedouin who was ill. He would say to a sick person he visited, “No harm; may it be a purification, if Allah wills.” The man said, “A purification? No! It is a fever boiling—or surging—upon an old man, and it will send him to the graves.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Then so be it.”

Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb narrated to us: Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Thābit, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): “A Jewish boy who used to serve the Prophet ﷺ fell ill. The Prophet ﷺ came to visit him and said, ‘Accept Islam.’ He accepted Islam.”

Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab said, from his father: “When Abū Ṭālib was near death, the Prophet ﷺ came to him.”

Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us: Yaḥyā narrated to us: Hishām narrated to us; he said: My father informed me, from ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Some people came to visit the Prophet ﷺ during his illness. He led them in prayer while seated, but they prayed standing, so he gestured to them to sit. When he finished, he said, “The imam is to be followed. When he bows, bow; when he rises, rise; and if he prays seated, then pray seated.”

Abū ʿAbd Allāh said: al-Ḥumaydī said, “This report has been abrogated, because the last time the Prophet ﷺ prayed, he prayed seated while the people behind him stood.”

Al-Makkī ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: al-Juʿayd informed us, from ʿĀʾishah bint Saʿd, that her father said: “I became gravely ill in Mecca, and the Prophet ﷺ came to visit me. I said, ‘Prophet of Allah, I am leaving behind wealth, and I have only one daughter. Shall I bequeath two-thirds of my wealth and leave one-third?’ He said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Then shall I bequeath half and leave half?’ He said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Then shall I bequeath one-third and leave her two-thirds?’ He said, ‘One-third—and one-third is a lot.’ Then he placed his hand on my forehead, passed it over my face and stomach, and said, ‘O Allah, heal Saʿd and complete his emigration for him.’ I have continued to feel its coolness on my liver, as I imagine, right up to this day.”