حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَيُوْبَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَبَا بَۃُقَالَ: حَدَّثَنِيْ الْمُغَیْرَۃُ بْنُ مُسْلِمِ، عَنْ أَ بِيْ الذُّبَیْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِؓ قَالَ: دَخَلَ النَّبِیُّ ﷺ عَلَی أُمَّ السَّا نِبِ وَھِیَ تُزَفُزِفُ فَقَالَ: ((مَالَکِ؟)) قَالَتِ: الْحُمَّی أَخْذَاھَا اللہُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ﷺ: ((مَہُ لَا تَسُبَّیْھَا، فَإِِنَّھَا تُذْھِبُ خَطَایَا الْمُوْمِنِ، کَمَا یُزْھِبُ الْکِیْرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِیْدِ))
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 515
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked, "Which of you is fasting today?" Abu Bakr said, "I am." He asked, "Which of you has visited a sick person today? "I have," Abu Bakr stated. Then he asked, "Who has attended a funeral today?" "I have," Abu Bakr said. He asked, "Who has fed a poor person today?" Abu Bakr said, "I have." Marwan, the transmitter, said, "I heard that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, observed, "These qualities are not brought together in one man on a single day but that he will enter the Garden."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020