Abu al-Ash'ath al-San'ani narrates that he went to the mosque of Damascus, setting out early. He met Sayyiduna Shaddad bin Aws al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), and al-Sunabihi was with him. The narrator says: I asked: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on you both, where are you going?" They both replied: "We are going here to visit a brother of ours from Egypt who is ill." The narrator says: I set out with them as well. The two of them went to that man and asked him: "How are you?" He replied: "I have woken up in blessing." Sayyiduna Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Receive the glad tidings of the expiation of sins and the wiping away of misdeeds, for I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Indeed, Allah Almighty says: When I test one of My believing servants with a trial (that is, an illness), and he praises Me for the trial I have put him through, then (O angels) record reward for him just as you used to record reward for him when he was healthy.'"
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. All of them narrated it through Isma'il bin Ayyash from Rashid al-San'ani, and he (Isma'il) is da'if (weak) when narrating from other than the people of Syria.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3811
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
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