حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّ ذَاكَ بِذَاكَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 69
Ibn Abi Khalid told us, from Abu Bakr bin Abi Zuhair (RA) i think he said: Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, how could we be in a good state after this verse? He said: "May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not fall sick? Do you not feel sad? Don't calamities befall you? Do you not...?” He said: Of course. He said: "That is for that.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
