Mishkat al-Masabih #1485
Funerals
Anas reported God’s messenger as saying, “When God has a good purpose towards His servant He gives him punishment beforehand in this world, but when He has an evil purpose towards His servant He refrains from dealing with his sin till He takes from him full payment for it on the day of resurrection.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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This hadith is #1485 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Funerals. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.