مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الزهدBook of Asceticism
Statement about trials and tribulations
Hadith 937
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ، نا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ، قَالَتْ: أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ نِسْوَةٍ، فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ عَلَّقَ سِقَاءً يَقْطُرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَائِهِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ مَا يَجِدُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَوْ دَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُفَرِّجَ عَنْكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ)).
Lady Fatimah (bint Yaman, may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: I came into the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) along with some women, and saw that he had hung a water-skin and, due to the pain he was experiencing, its water was being dripped drop by drop onto him. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah that He removes your pain. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The most severe trials come upon all the Prophets (peace be upon them), then those after them, then those after them, and then those after them.”
