Tirmidhi Book 47, Hadith 3252

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْوَازِعِ، قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ مِنْ بَنِي مُرَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَأُخْبِرْتُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ فِيهِ لَمُعْتَبَرًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ مَحْبُوسٌ فِي دَارِهِ الَّتِي قَدْ كَانَ بَنَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَإِذَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّرْبِ وَإِذَا هُوَ فِي قُشَاشٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ يَا بِلَالُ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ وَأَنْتَ تَمُرُّ بِنَا تُمْسِكُ بِأَنْفِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ غُبَارٍ وَأَنْتَ فِي حَالِكَ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ مِنْ بَنِي مُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ هَاتِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا يُصِيبُ عَبْدًا نَكْبَةٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا أَوْ دُونَهَا إِلَّا بِذَنْبٍ وَمَا يَعْفُو اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَكْثَرُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَقَرَأَ:‏‏‏‏ وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ سورة الشورى آية 30 . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى:‏‏‏‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.

Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin Al-Wazi': A Shaikh from Banu Murrah narrated to me, he said: 'I arrived in Al-Kufah and was informed about Bilal bin Abi Burdah so I said: Indeed there is a lesson in him so I went to him while he was imprisoned in his home, which he had built.' He said: 'After everything that had happened to him he had changed due to the punishment and the beatings, and now he was living in isolation. So I said: All praise is due to Allah O Bilal! I have seen you passing you by us holding your nose, and it was not from the dust! And today you are in this state.' So he said: 'Where are you from?' I said: 'From Banu Murrah bin 'Abbad.' So he said: 'Shall I not narrate a Hadith to you, perhaps Allah will benefit you by it?' I said: 'Go ahead.' He said: 'My father, Abu Burdah narrated from his father Abu Musa, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: No worshiper suffers a calamity nor what is worse than that or less, except due to a sin, and what Allah pardons as a result of it is more. He (Abu Musa) said: And he recited: And whatever misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned (42:30).