(1) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي ثَوَابِ الْمَرِيضِ
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." (ES)
Reference (ES): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 965 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 10, Hadith 1 (ES)
English translation (ES): Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 965 (ES)