It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that at night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to feel pain, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) started to complain and turned about on his bed. I (Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her) said: If any one of us had done this, you would have noticed it. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, the righteous experience severe pain, and the situation is such that whatever pain befalls a believer, whether it is a thorn or something greater than that, because of it one of his sins is forgiven and one rank is raised.