حَدَّثَنَا
حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنْ
زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ
لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ
مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" إِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ الْعَبْدِ ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُكَفِّرُهَا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ ، ابْتَلَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِالْحُزْنِ لِيُكَفِّرَهَا عَنْهُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a servant's sins become numerous and he has nothing with which to atone for those sins, then Allah Almighty afflicts him with grief so that it becomes an atonement for his sins.