Miscellaneous by Al-Albani-302

The Shaykh : And in our previous lesson, we reached the thirty-eighth hadith in my copy, which begins with the author (may Allah have mercy on him) saying: "And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Al-Bazzar and Ibn Hibban in his *Sahih* narrated it." This story has a great resemblance to the story we read at the end of the previous lesson; the only difference is in the type of illness present in this case and that one. Here, the narrator says she suffered from *lamm*, which is a type of madness that befalls a person in episodes, not a constant, continuous madness. Whereas that other woman suffered from epilepsy. This is the difference. It appears that the story of this woman is different from that story. Some scholars expand the scope and assume it is one story, and that the one who suffered from epilepsy is the one described here as having *lamm*. However, it appears—and there is nothing preventing the statement—that there were two women, each with her own story. That woman suffered from epilepsy, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also promised her that if she wished, he would pray for her, or if she wished, she could be patient and Paradise would be hers. Here, he said to her: So, it appears from the route of narration that these are two stories: one for the one who suffered from epilepsy, and another for the one who had a type of madness, which is *lamm*. But the reward is the same, because the saying of the Messenger (peace be upon him) is equivalent to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to that woman who suffered from epilepsy, where he said to her, "And if you are patient, Paradise is for you." So, whoever has no reckoning for them, there is no doubt that the outcome of their affair is entering Paradise. In any case, this hadith and that one, each indicates clearly and distinctly that the outcome of patience is entering Paradise.