Is this Hadith authentic?
“The headache that afflicts the Believer, or a thorn that pricks him, or anything that harms him, Allah will raise him a degree on the day of Qiyamah and expiate his sins due to it”
Answer:
Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abid Dunya and Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahumallah) have recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id Al Khudri (radiyallahu ‘anhu).
(Al Marad Wal Kaffarat, Hadith: 172 and Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 9409)
‘Allamah Mundhiri (rahimahullah) has declared the narrators of Imam Ibn Abid Dunya reliable (ruwatuhu thiqat).
(Targhib, vol. 4 pg. 297)
Also see here.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar