Mishkat
al-Masabih
مشكاة المصابيح
Funerals
كتاب الجنائز
Chapter 1a: Visiting the Sick, and the Reward for Sickness - Section 1
باب عيادة المريض وثواب المرض - الفصل الأول
Mishkat al-Masabih 1547
‘A’isha said, “I asked Allah's Messenger ﷺ about plague and he told me it is a punishment Allah sends upon whomsoever He wills, but Allah has made it a blessing to the believers. When plague comes, anyone who stays patiently in his town looking for his reward from Allah, knowing that only what Allah has decreed for him can happen to him, will have a reward like that of a martyr.” Bukhari transmitted it.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الطَّاعُونِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي: «أَنَّهُ عَذَابٌ يَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَقَعُ الطَّاعُونُ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي بَلَدِهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يُصِيبُهُ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ إِلَّا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ شَهِيدٍ» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ
