Anas said, "I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, say that Allah Almighty said, 'When I test him in his two precious
ones (i.e. his eyes) and he is steadfast, I will repay him with the Garden.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ، فَعَادُوهُ، فَقَالَ: كُنْتُ أُرِيدُهُمَا لَأَنْظُرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَمَّا إِذْ قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَوَاللَّهِ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَا بِهِمَا بِظَبْيٍ مِنْ ظِبَاءِ تَبَالَةَ.
Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad reported that one of the Companions of Muhammad
lost his eyesight and people visited him. He said, "I used to look at the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, but now that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has died, by Allah, what has happened
to
my eyes is as easy for me to bear as one of the gazelles of Tibala (in
Yemen)."
Abu Umama reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Allah says, 'O son of Adam, when I take what is precious
from you and you are steadfast in the face of the blow and reckon that
your reward is with Allah, the only reward which I am content for you to
have is the Garden."
Zayd ibn Arqam said, "I had a pain in my eyes and the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited me and said, 'Zayd, if
tour eyes were to go blind because of their illness, what would you do?'
He said, 'I would be steadfast and reckon my reward to be with Allah.'
He said, 'If that happens to your eyes and you are steadfast and reckon
your reward to be with Allah, then your reward will be the Garden.'"
