حَدَّثَنَا اِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُوْبْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُاللہِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّ بَیْدِيً قَالَ:حَدَّثنَاَ سُلَیْمُ بْنُ عَامِرِ، أَنَّ غُضِیْفَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَ ہُ ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَی أَبَا عُبَیْدَہَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ، وَھُوَ وَجِعٌ، فَقَالَ : کَیْفَ أَمْسَی أَجْرُ الْأمِیْرِ ؟ فَقَالَ: ھَلْ تَدْ رُوْنَ فِیْمَا تُؤْ جَرُوْنَ بِہِ؟ فَقَالَ: بِمَا یُصَیْبُنَا فِیْمَانَکْرَہُ ، فَقَا لَ:إِنَّماَ تُؤْجَرُوْنَ بِمَا أَ نْفَقْتُمْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللہِ ، وَا سْتُنْفِقَ لَکُمْ، ثُمَّ عَدَّ أَدَاۃَ الرَّحْلِ کُلَّھَا حَتَّی عَدَّ أَدَبَ الْبَرْذَوْنِ وَلَکِنَّ ھَذَا الْوَ صَبَ الَّذِیْ بُصِیْبُکُمْ فِیْ أَجْسَا دِکُمْ یُکَفَّرُ ا للہُ بِہِ مِنْ خَطَا یَا کُمْ
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 491
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."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020