حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُالرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمُ بْنُ قُتَیْبَۃَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا یُوْنُس ُبْنُ أَبِيْ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِيْ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: سَمعْتُ زَیْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ ؓ یَقُوْلُ: رَمِدَتْ عَیْنِیْ فَعَادَنِي النَّبِیُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ:((یَا زَیْدُالَوْ أَنَّ عَیْنَکَ لَمَا بِھَا کَیْفَ کُنْتَ تَصْنَعُ؟)) قَالَ: کُنْتُ أَصْبِرُ وَأَحْتَسِبُ قَالَ:((لَوْ أَنِّ عَیْنَکَ لَمَّا بِھَا ثُمَّ صَبَرْتَ وَاحْتَسَبْتَ کَانَ ثَوَابُکَ الْجَنَّۃَ))۔
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 532
Zayd ibn Arqam said, "I had a pain in my eyes and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited me and said, 'Zayd, if tour eyes were to go blind because of their illness, what would you do?' He said, 'I would be steadfast and reckon my reward to be with Allah.' He said, 'If that happens to your eyes and you are steadfast and reckon your reward to be with Allah, then your reward will be the Garden.'"
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020