Question

Can you provide a reference for this:

When a thorn pricked a man he would say, “I know that you are due to sin, and my Rabb has not wronged me.”

 

Answer

This narration is recorded in Kitabuz Zuhd of Imam Ahmad ibn Hambal (rahimahullah) and is attributed to Hasan al Basri (rahimahullah).

Hasan al Basri (rahimahullah) said: “A man would be pricked by a thorn and say, ‘I know that this is due to a sin I committed and My Rabb ‘Azza wa Jalla has not wronged me.'”

(Az Zuhd: 1624)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

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