Sawwār b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sawwār > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon sick man to pay him a visit, and said to him, "Don't worry, Allah willing, (your sickness will be) an expiation for your sins." The man said, "No, it is but a fever that is boiling within an old man and will send him to his grave." On that, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Then yes, it is so."

أَخْبَرَنَا سَوَّارُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ «لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكَ طَهُورًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ» فَقَالَ بَلْ هِيَ حُمَّى تَفُورُ فِي عِظَامِ شَيْخٍ كَيْمَا تُزِيرُهُ الْقُبُورَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَنِعْمَ إِذًا»