Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 491

Translation

✧ A man came to Abu 'Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah while he was ill and said, “How has the amir's reward fared this evening?” He said, “Do you know what you are rewarded for?” He said, “For what afflicts us in what we dislike.” He said, “You are only rewarded for what you spend in the way of Allah and what is spent on you.” Then he enumerated all the equipment of the saddle until he reached the cheek-strap of the horse. “But this illness that afflicts your bodies, Allah expiates by it some of your sins.”

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