حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّۃ ُبْنُ حَبَیْبِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِیَاسُ بْنُ أَبِيْ تَمِیْمَۃََ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَ بِيْ رَبَا حِ ، عَنْ أَ بِيْ ھُرَ یْرَۃَ ؒ قَالَ: جَاءَ تِ المْحُمَّی إِِنَی النَّبِیَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتِ : ابْعَثْنِيْ إِنَی اَثَرِ أَھْلِکَ عِنْدَ کَ فَبَعَثَھَا إِِنَی الْأَ نْصَارِ، فَبَقِیَتْ عَلَیْھِمْ سِتَّہُ أَیَامِ وَلَیَا لِیْھِنَّ، فَا شْتَدَّ ذَلِکَ عَلَیْھِمْ ، فَأَ تَا ھُمْ فِیْ دِیَارِ ھِمْ ، فَشَکَوْ ا ذَلِکَ إِ لَیْہِ، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِیُّ ﷺ یَدْ خُلُ دَارً ا دَارًا، وَبَیْتَا بَیْتًا یَدْ عُوْ لَھُمْ بِا نْعَافِیَۃِ فَلمَاَّرَجَعَ تَبِعَتْہُ امْرَ أَۃ’‘ مِنْھُمْ فَقَالَتْ : وَالَّزِیْ بَعَثَکَ بِا لْحَقَّإإ نَّیْ لَمِنَ الْأَ نْصَارِ، وَإِنَّ ا َٔبِيْ لَمِنَ الْأَ نْصَارِ، فَا دْعُ اللہِ لِیْ کَمَا دَعَوْتَ لِلْأَ نْصَارِ، قَالَ: ((مَا شِسْٔتِ، إِنْ شِسْٔتِ دَعَوْتَ اللہَ أَنْ یُعَا فِیْکَ وَإِنْ شِسْٔتِ صَبَرْ تِ وَلَکِ الْجَنَّۃُ))، قَا لَتْ : بَلْ أَ صْبِرُ وَلَا أَ جْعَلُ إِنَی الْجَنَّۃَ خَطَرَا ۔
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 502
Abu Hurayrah said that fever presented itself before the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). It said to him, ’’Send me to those people with whom you have a very deep connection. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent it to the Ansar. So, fever gripped them for six days and six nights. Their feverish condition became very serious and the Prophet visited them at their homes. Thy complained of fever and the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) went to each house and prayed for their health. When he was returning, one of their women followed behind him and said, "By Him who has sent you with the truth, I am of the Ansar and my father is also one of the Ansar. Just as you have prayed for the Ansar, pray for me too." The Prophet sg asked her, "What is it that you wish? If you wish, I will pray to Allah that he grant you health but if you are patient then paradise is for you." She said, "I will endure (fever) patiently and will not risk (my chance of) admission to paradise."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020