الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Expiation for the Sick
بَابُ يُكْتَبُ لِلْمَرِيضِ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌChapter: The Sick Person Is Rewarded for What He Used to Do When Healthy
Hadith 504
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي نُحَيْلَةَ ، قِيلَ لَهُ : ادْعُ اللَّهَ ، قَالَ :اللَّهُمَّ انْقُصْ مِنَ الْمَرَضِ ، وَلا تَنْقُصْ مِنَ الأَجْرِ ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : ادْعُ ، ادْعُ ، فَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ ، وَاجْعَلْ أُمِّي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Nahilah (may Allah be pleased with him), he was requested: Pray (for us). He supplicated thus: O Allah, lessen the illness but do not decrease the reward. It was requested of him: Pray more. He said: O Allah! Include me among Your close servants and join my mother with the maidens of Paradise (Hoor al-‘Ayn).
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
➊ It has been mentioned in the previous pages that for a believer, illness is a means of reward and recompense, whereas the suffering of a disbeliever and a hypocrite goes to waste. And Allah, the Exalted, is capable of granting great reward for a small affliction; therefore, a person should ask for a reduction in illness and an increase in reward.
➋ It is a person’s good fortune that he attains nearness to Allah, the Exalted, and many people are unaware of whether they are close to Allah or whether Allah loves them. Whoever becomes aware of this, his life is transformed.
➊ It has been mentioned in the previous pages that for a believer, illness is a means of reward and recompense, whereas the suffering of a disbeliever and a hypocrite goes to waste. And Allah, the Exalted, is capable of granting great reward for a small affliction; therefore, a person should ask for a reduction in illness and an increase in reward.
➋ It is a person’s good fortune that he attains nearness to Allah, the Exalted, and many people are unaware of whether they are close to Allah or whether Allah loves them. Whoever becomes aware of this, his life is transformed.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 504
