حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْعَلاءِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمان بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، أَنَّ غُطَيْفَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّ رَجُلا أَتَى أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ ، وَهُوَ وَجِعٌ ، فَقَالَ : كَيْفَ أَمْسَى أَجْرُ الأَمِيرِ ؟ فَقَالَ : هَلْ تَدْرُونَ فِيمَا تُؤْجَرُونَ بِهِ ؟ فَقَالَ : بِمَا يُصِيبُنَا فِيمَا نَكْرَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّمَا تُؤْجَرُونَ بِمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، وَاسْتُنْفِقَ لَكُمْ ، ثُمَّ عَدَّ أَدَاةَ الرَّحْلِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ عِذَارَ الْبِرْذَوْنِ ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا الْوَصَبَ الَّذِي يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي أَجْسَادِكُمْ يُكَفِّرُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ خَطَايَاكُمْ .
It is narrated from Ghutayf bin Harith (may Allah have mercy on him), he reported that a man came to Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) during his illness and asked: At what level is the reward and merit of the leader? He replied: Do you know for which things you are given reward? The man said: We are rewarded for the things that are unpleasant to us. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You are rewarded for what you spend in the way of Allah and for what is spent on you. Then he counted all the equipment of the saddle, even counting the bridle of the horse (that there is reward in that too). But as for the hardship that reaches your bodies, through it Allah the Exalted wipes away your sins.