Majma al-Zawaid 10956 — The saying of Allah the Exalted: "Whoever"

A woman named Aminah narrates that she asked Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), about this saying of Allah Almighty: (Allah Almighty says:) "Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Since I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, no one has ever asked me about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah! This is Allah Almighty's dealing with His servant: Allah Almighty afflicts the servant with trials such as fever, hardship and the prick of a thorn, even the goods which he has put in his sleeve and then finds missing, and is distressed because of it, and then finds those goods at his side (and Allah Almighty forgives the believer because of all of these), until the believer comes out of his sins just as red ore comes out of the furnace."
Ahmad recorded it; I do not know the woman named Umaynah.