صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب البر والصلة والآدابThe Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
باب ثَوَابِ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِيمَا يُصِيبُهُ مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ حُزْنٍ أَوْ نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا:Chapter: The Reward Of The Believer For Whatever Befalls Him Of Sickness, Grief And The Like, Even A Thorn That Pricks Him
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ الصَّوَّافُ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ السَّائِبِ ، أَوْ أُمِّ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا لَكِ يَا أُمَّ السَّائِبِ ، أَوْ يَا أُمَّ الْمُسَيَّبِ تُزَفْزِفِينَ ؟ قَالَتْ : الْحُمَّى لَا بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا ، فَقَالَ : " لَا تَسُبِّي الْحُمَّى ، فَإِنَّهَا تُذْهِبُ خَطَايَا بَنِي آدَمَ كَمَا يُذْهِبُ الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ " .
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited Umm Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib and said: Umm Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib. why is it that you are shivering? She said:" It is fever and may it not be blessed by Allah, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't curse fever for it expiates the sir of the posterity of Adam ؑؑjust as furnace removes the alloy of iron.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
La tasubbi:
Do not revile anyone,
This is said out of annoyance or weariness,
Or to express contempt for someone.
She supplicated against the fever out of dislike for it,
Therefore, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) described this as reviling (abuse).
Benefits and Issues:
A furnace, with its heat and intensity, removes the filth and rust from iron,
In the same way, fever, with its heat and severity, removes sins.
From the aforementioned ahadith, it is understood that
for a Muslim, every kind of distress,
pain,
hardship,
sorrow and grief, and anything that becomes a cause of worry,
becomes an expiation for sins.
His ranks and statuses are elevated, and good deeds are written for him, and the Prophets (alayhimus-salam) and those closest to them are afflicted with more pain and suffering,
because their ranks and statuses are higher, and they receive greater reward and recompense.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
La tasubbi:
Do not revile anyone,
This is said out of annoyance or weariness,
Or to express contempt for someone.
She supplicated against the fever out of dislike for it,
Therefore, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) described this as reviling (abuse).
Benefits and Issues:
A furnace, with its heat and intensity, removes the filth and rust from iron,
In the same way, fever, with its heat and severity, removes sins.
From the aforementioned ahadith, it is understood that
for a Muslim, every kind of distress,
pain,
hardship,
sorrow and grief, and anything that becomes a cause of worry,
becomes an expiation for sins.
His ranks and statuses are elevated, and good deeds are written for him, and the Prophets (alayhimus-salam) and those closest to them are afflicted with more pain and suffering,
because their ranks and statuses are higher, and they receive greater reward and recompense.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6570
