English
Shaqiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) fell ill, and they visited him. He began to cry, and they scolded him. He said: "I am not crying because of the illness, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Illness is an expiation.' I am crying because it has afflicted me during a period of laxity, and not during a period of striving, for a servant is rewarded for the deeds he used to do before falling ill, but the illness prevents him from doing them"