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(2). 3252. 'Ubaidullāh bin Al-Wāzī' said: "A Shaikh from Banū Murrah narrated to me, he said: 'I arrived in Al-Kūfah and was informed about Bilāl bin Abī Burdah so I said: "Indeed there is a lesson in him" so I went to him while he was imprisoned in his home, which he had built.' He said: 'After everything that had happened to him he had changed due to the punishment and the beatings, and now he was living in isolation. So I said: "All praise is due to Allāh O Bilāl! I have seen
you passing by us holding your nose, and it was not from the dust! And today you are in this state.' So he said: 'Where are you from?' I said: 'From Banū Murrah bin 'Abbād.' So he said: 'Shall I not narrate a Hadīth to you, perhaps Allāh will benefit you by it?' I said: 'Go ahead.' He said: 'My father, Abū Burdah narrated from his father Abū Mūsā, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "No worshipper suffers a calamity nor what is worse than that or less, except due to a sin, and what Allāh pardons as a result of it is more." He (Abū Mūsā) said: "And he recited: And whatever misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned."[1]
(Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except through this route.
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[1] Ash-Shūra 42:23.
Commentary
Any affliction that befalls in the world, it is the result of people's deeds, yet Allāh overlooks many of the evil deeds. The real purpose of afflictions is only warning and making them realise so that the people would redress their conditions.
