Abu Ashath reported,

He went to the mosque of Damascus, setting out early in the day, and there he met Shaddad bin Aws, with Sanabihi accompanying him.I asked, "Ayn Tureed, may Allah have mercy on you both?"They replied, "We are heading over there to visit a brother of ours who is ill."So I went along with them until they entered upon that man.They asked him, "How are you this morning?"He said, "I am in a state of blessing."Shaddad said to him, "Receive glad tidings of the expiation of your bad deeds and the removal of your sins, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say that Allah says, 'When I afflict a believing servant from among My servants and he praises Me for the trial I have placed upon him, he rises from that bed of his as free from sins as the day his mother bore him.' And the Lord says, 'I have restrained My servant and tested him. Continue to record for him the rewards you used to record for him while he was in good health.'"

حدثنا هيثم بن خارجة حدثنا إسماعيل بن عياش عن راشد بن داود الصنعاني

عن أبي الأشعث الصنعاني

أنه راح إلى مسجد دمشق وهجر بالرواح فلقي شداد بن أوس والصنابحي معه فقلت أين تريدان يرحمكما الله قالا نريد هاهنا إلى أخ لنا مريض نعوده فانطلقت معهما حتى دخلا على ذلك الرجل فقالا له كيف أصبحت قال أصبحت بنعمة فقال له شداد أبشر بكفارات السيئات وحط الخطايا فإني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول إن الله عز وجل يقول إني إذا ابتليت عبدا من عبادي مؤمنا فحمدني على ما ابتليته فإنه يقوم من مضجعه ذلك كيوم ولدته أمه من الخطايا ويقول الرب عز وجل أنا قيدت عبدي وابتليته وأجروا له كما كنتم تجرون له وهو صحيح