Riyad as-Salihin, 1726

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited Umm Sa'ib (or Umm Musaiyyab) and asked her, "What ails you O Umm Sa'ib (or Umm Musaiyyab)? You are shivering." She replied: "It is a fever, may Allah not bless it!" He said to her, "Do not revile fever, for it cleanses out the sins of the sons of Adam in the same way that a furnace removes the dirt of iron." [Muslim].

عن جابر رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم دخل على أم السائب، أو أم المسيب فقال‏:‏ ‏"‏مالك يا أم السائب -أو يا أم المسيب- تزفزفين‏؟‏ ‏"‏ قالت‏:‏ الحمى لا بارك الله فيها، فقال‏:‏ ‏"‏لا تسبي الحمى، فإنها تذهب خطايا بني آدم، كما يذهب الكير خبث الحديد‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏ «تُزَفْزِفِينَ» أيْ تَتَحَرَّكِينَ حَرَكَةً سَريعَةً، وَمَعْنَاهُ: تَرْتَعِدِين. وَهُوَ بِضَمِّ التاء وبالزاي المكررة والفاء المكررة، وَرُوِيَ أيضًا بالراء المكررة والقافينِ.

References1 variant

In-Book Reference: Book 17, Hadith 216

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadith: 1) When a person suffers fever or other forms of illness, he should be patient and expect the reward from his Lord, as illnesses expiate sins. 2) It urges us to rectify the words people use in their speech in accordance with the Shariah. This falls under commanding the good and forbidding the evil. Words in the Hadith: Fever is a symptom of high temperature that accompanies numerous illnesses.

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