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Nothing a believer is tried with is wasted

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسْلِمَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا هَمٍّ وَلَا حُزْنٍ وَلَا أَذًى وَلَا غَمٍّ، حَتَّى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا، إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ
Transliteration

Ma yusibu-l-muslima min nasabin wa la wasabin wa la hammin wa la huznin wa la adhan wa la ghamm, hatta-sh-shawkati yushakuha, illa kaffara-llahu biha min khatayah.

Translation

No fatigue, illness, worry, grief, harm or distress afflicts a Muslim — even to the pricking of a thorn — without Allah expiating some of his sins by it.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 5641, Sahih Muslim 2573
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