Explanation of the hadiths of Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: “The fever is from the heat of Hell, and it is the believer’s share of the Fire.”
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The Shaykh : The hadith that follows is authentic, and it is his saying:
From Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
In the second and third hadiths, and with them this section ends, there are other wordings and narrations, but the meaning is the same. So the second hadith is:
His saying: From Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:. It was narrated by Ahmad with a chain that is not problematic.
And from Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. It was narrated by al-Bazzar with a good chain.
These three hadiths are, in reality, a summary and collection of the meanings of the preceding hadiths, because some of those hadiths explicitly state that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) forgives the sins of whoever is struck by fever and is patient with it. The necessary consequence of this forgiveness is, without doubt, that he will not enter the Fire. These three hadiths gathered this summary by saying: “The fever is the believer’s share of the Fire, and it is from the heat of Hell,” meaning from the heat of Hell. However, we must understand that fever has different degrees. Some person may be struck by a fever for five minutes, another for an hour, another for hours, another for days, and perhaps for his whole life, as you heard regarding the story of the people of Quba, and especially among them, Ubayy ibn Ka‘b.
As for the forgiveness that the one struck by fever and patient with it deserves, this naturally cannot be determined or specified by anyone absolutely. Rather, the matter returns to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and He (Blessed and Exalted is He), although He said:[Az-Zalzalah 99:7-8], is in addition to that, of immense favor. These matters that He made expiations for the sins of man are a favor from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Otherwise, the matter is as He (Mighty and Majestic) said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:30]. Nevertheless, if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) strikes us with calamities because we deserve them by what our hands have earned, and then He returns and makes them expiations for our sins, this is a favor from Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
In summary, regarding these last hadiths: let no one imagine that a person among us, merely because he is struck by some kind of fever, no matter how light it is and no matter how short its duration, “his case is settled in Paradise”. No, it is not so. Rather, this fever that serves as protection for its owner from the Fire appears, and Allah knows best, to be of a type that perhaps we do not know in terms of its intensity and the length of its duration with the person. In any case, as the many hadiths have come in succession, the Muslim, no matter what...
From Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The fever is from the heat of Hell, and it is the believer’s share of the Fire
الحمَّى من فيحِ جهنَّم ، وهي نصيب المؤمن من النارIn the second and third hadiths, and with them this section ends, there are other wordings and narrations, but the meaning is the same. So the second hadith is:
His saying: From Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said:
The fever is a furnace from Hell, so whatever of it strikes the believer is his share of Hell
الحمَّى كيرٌ من جهنَّم ، فما أصاب المؤمنَ منها كان حظُّه من جهنمAnd from Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The fever is the share of every believer from the Fire
الحمَّى حظُّ كلِّ مؤمن من النارThese three hadiths are, in reality, a summary and collection of the meanings of the preceding hadiths, because some of those hadiths explicitly state that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) forgives the sins of whoever is struck by fever and is patient with it. The necessary consequence of this forgiveness is, without doubt, that he will not enter the Fire. These three hadiths gathered this summary by saying: “The fever is the believer’s share of the Fire, and it is from the heat of Hell,” meaning from the heat of Hell. However, we must understand that fever has different degrees. Some person may be struck by a fever for five minutes, another for an hour, another for hours, another for days, and perhaps for his whole life, as you heard regarding the story of the people of Quba, and especially among them, Ubayy ibn Ka‘b.
As for the forgiveness that the one struck by fever and patient with it deserves, this naturally cannot be determined or specified by anyone absolutely. Rather, the matter returns to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and He (Blessed and Exalted is He), although He said:
(7) So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, (8) And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
فمن يعمل مثقال ذرة خيرا يره * ومن يعمل مثقال ذرة شرّا يرهAnd whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
وما أصابكم من مصيبة فبما كسبت أيديكم ويعفو عن كثيرIn summary, regarding these last hadiths: let no one imagine that a person among us, merely because he is struck by some kind of fever, no matter how light it is and no matter how short its duration, “his case is settled in Paradise”. No, it is not so. Rather, this fever that serves as protection for its owner from the Fire appears, and Allah knows best, to be of a type that perhaps we do not know in terms of its intensity and the length of its duration with the person. In any case, as the many hadiths have come in succession, the Muslim, no matter what...