حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یُوْ سُفَ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْیَانُ عَنِ الْأَ عْمَشِ عَنْ أَ بِيْ وَا نِلِ عَنْ اَ بِيْ نُحَیْلَۃَ ؒ قِیْلَ لَھُ : ادْعُ اللہَ قَالَ: اللَّھُمَّ انْقُصْ مِنَ الْمَرَض ِوَلَا تَنْقُصْ مِنَ الْأَ جْرِ، فَقِیْلَ لَھُ : ادْعُ ، ادْعُ فَقَالَ : اللَّھُمَّ اجْعَلْنِیْ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّ بِیْنَ ، وَاجْعَلَ أُمَّیْ مِنْ الْحُوْرِ الْعَیْنِ
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 504
It is reported by Abu wail that someone said to Abu Nuhaylah (when he was ill), "Pray to Allah." So, he made this supplication, "Oh Allah, lessen the illness but do not diminish the reward." He was again asked to supplicate Allah and he said, "O Allah, let me be among the near ones and make my mother among the hoor (maids of Paradise)”.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020