حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 70
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
