Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Ḥuṣayn > Abū ʿUbaydah b. Ḥudhayfah > ʿAmmatih Fāṭimah

She said, "We went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning women who have recurring menstruation. And then we saw a man who was covered with a blanket due to the severity of the fever he was experiencing. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if only you would supplicate to Allah so that He would alleviate your suffering.' He said, 'Verily, the most severely tested among the people are the Prophets, then those who are most like them, then those who are most like them.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُصَيْنٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ حُذَيْفَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نِسَاءٍ نَعُودُهُ فَإِذَا بِسِقَاءٍ مُغَطًّى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنَ الْحُمَّى قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ دَعَوْتَ اللهَ فَكَشَفَ عَنْكَ قَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ»