Aishah narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: The believer is not afflicted by the prick of a thorn or what is worse (or greater) than that, except that by it Allah raises him in rank and removes sin from him.

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: Nothing afflicts the believer, whether fatigue, grief, disease - even a worry that concerns him - except that by it, Allah removes something from his bad deeds.

Thawban narrated that : the Prophet said: Indeed the Muslim remains in the Khurfah (harvest) of Paradise while he visits his brother Muslim.

(Another chain) from Thawban who narrated that: The Prophet said similarly, but he added in it: They said: 'What is the Khurfah of Paradise?' And he said: Its harvest.

Thuwair [and he is Ibn Abi Fakhitah] narrated that : His father said: Ali took me by the hand and said: 'Come with us to pay a visit to Al-Hasan.' So we found that Abu Musa was with him.' Ali - peace be upon him - said: 'O Abu Musa! Did you come to visit (the sick) or merely (stop by to) visit?' He said: 'No, to visit (the sick).' So Ali said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: No Muslim visits (the sick) Muslims in the morning, except that sevety-thousand angels, sent Salat upon him until the evening, and he does not visit at night except that seventy thousand angels sent Salat upon him until the morning, and there will be a garden for him in Paradise.

Harithah bin Mudarrib said: I entered upon Khabab and he had been cauterized on his stomach. He said: 'I do not know any of the Companions of the Prophet who met with the trial I have met with. Indeed I could not find a Dirham during the time of the Prophet, and (now) outside my house there are forty thousand. If it were not that the Messenger of Allah forbade us' - or: 'forbade' - 'from wishing for death, then I would wish for it.'

Anas bin Malik narrated that: The Prophet said that (a Hadith similar to no. 970).

Abu Sa'eed narrated that: Jibril came to the Prophet and said: O Muhammad! Are you suffering? He said: Yes. He said: In the Name of Allah, I recite a prayer (Ruqyah) over you, from the evil of every person and evil eye. In the Name of Allah I recite a prayer (Ruqyah) over you, may Allah cure you.

Abdul-Aziz bin Suhaib said: Thabit Al-Bunani and I entered upon Anas bin Malik, and Thabit said: 'O Abu Hamzah! I am suffering from an illness. So Anas said: 'Shall I not recite the Ruqyah of the Messenger of Allah over you?' He said: 'Why, yes.' He said: 'O Allah! Lord of mankind, removed the harm, and cure (him). Indeed You are the One Who cures, there is none who cures except you, a cure that leaves no disease.'

Ibn Umar narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: A Muslim man has no right to spend two nights while he has something to will, except while his will is recorded with him.

Sa'd bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah came to visit me while I was sick. He said: 'Do you have a will?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'For how much?' I said: 'All of my wealth, for the cause of Allah.' He said: 'What did you leave for your children?' He (Sa'd) said: They are rich in goodness.' He said: 'Will a tenth.' He (Sa'd) said: He (pbuh) continued decreasing it until he said: 'Will a third, and a third is too great.' (One of the narrators:) Abdur-Rahman said: We considered it recommended that it be less than a third, since the Messenger of Allah said: 'And a third is too great.'

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that: The Prophet said: Instruct your dying to say: (La illaha illallah) 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah'

Umm Salamah narrated: The Messenger of Allah said to us: 'When you attend to the sick or dying then say only good, for indeed the angels say Amin to what you say.' She said: When Abu Salamah died I went to the Prophet and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Abu Salamah has died.' He said: 'Then say: O Allah forgive me and him, and give me a good replacement for him. She said: I said tat, and Allah gave a replace that was better than him: The Messenger of Allah.

Aishah narrated: I saw the Messenger of Allah while he was dying. He had a cup with water in it, he put his hand in the cup then wiped his face with the water, then said: 'O Allah! Help me with the throes of death and the agony of death.'

Aishah narrated: I was not envious of anyone whose death was easy after I saw the severity the death of the Messenger of Allah.

[Alqamah narrated: I heard Abdullah saying: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: The believer's soul seeps out, and I do not like the death like that of a donkey. They said: And what is the death of a donkey? He said: A sudden death. ]

Anas bin Malik narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: There is nothing that the two Guardian Angels raise to Allah that they have preserved in a day or night, and Allah finds good in the beginning of the scroll and in the end of the scroll, except that Allah Most High says: 'Bear witness that I have forgiven my servant for what is included in the scroll.'

Abdullah bin Buraidah narrated from his father, that: The Prophet said: The believer dies with sweat on his brow.

Thabit narrated from Anas, that: The Prophet entered upon a young man while he was dying. So he said: How do you feel? He said: By Allah! O Messenger of Allah! Indeed I hope in Allah and I fear from my sins. So the Messenger of Allah said: These two will not be gathered in a worshipper's heart at a time such as this, except that Allah will grant him what he hopes and make him safe from what he fears.

Abdullah narrated that: The Prophet said: Beware of An-Na'i, for indeed announcing one's death is from the deeds of Jahliyyah.

(Another chain) from Abdullah : (from the Prophet) similar (to no. 984), but he did not narrate it in Marfu form, and he did not mention in it: An-Na'i is announcing of one's death.

Bilal bin Yahya Al-Absiy narrated that: Hudaifah (bin Al-Yaman) said: When I do not announce about me to anyone, indeed I fear that it would be An-Na'i, and I heard the Messenger of Allah prohibiting from An-Na'i.

Anas narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: (Real) Patience is at the first stroke of the calamity.

Anas bin Malik narrated that: The Messenger of Alllah said: (Real) Patience is at the first stroke of the calamity.

Al-Qasim bin Muhammad narrated from Aishah: The Prophet kissed Uthman bin Maz'un when he died, and he was crying. Or, he (one of the narrators) said: His eyes were brimming with tears.