Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #493
Visiting the Ill
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ غُطَيْفَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ، وَهُوَ وَجِعٌ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَمْسَى أَجْرُ الأَمِيرِ؟ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ فِيمَا تُؤْجَرُونَ بِهِ؟ فَقَالَ: بِمَا يُصِيبُنَا فِيمَا نَكْرَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا تُؤْجَرُونَ بِمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَاسْتُنْفِقَ لَكُمْ، ثُمَّ عَدَّ أَدَاةَ الرَّحْلِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ عِذَارَ الْبِرْذَوْنِ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا الْوَصَبَ الَّذِي يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي أَجْسَادِكُمْ يُكَفِّرُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ خَطَايَاكُمْ.
Ghatif ibn al-Harith said that a man came to Abu 'Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
while he was in pain and asked, "What is the reward of the amir?" Abu 'Ubayda
said, "Do you know that for which you will be rewarded?" The man replied,
"We will be rewarded for things which happen to us which we dislike." Abu
'Ubayda said, "Rather you will be rewarded for what you spend in the Cause
of Allah and what is spent on you. Then there is a reckoning for all parts
of the saddle, even the horse's bridle. Allah will remove your errors from
you for the sake of this fatigue which has afflicted your bodies."
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This hadith is #493 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Visiting the Ill.