Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ وَضَعَ رَجُلٌ يَدَهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أُطِيقُ أَنْ أَضَعَ يَدِي عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ حُمَّاكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يُضَاعَفُ لَنَا الْبَلَاءُ كَمَا يُضَاعَفُ لَنَا الْأَجْرُ إِنْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يُبْتَلَى بِالْقُمَّلِ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَيُبْتَلَى بِالْفَقْرِ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ الْعَبَاءَةَ فَيَخُونَهَا وَإِنْ كَانُوا لَيَفْرَحُونَ بِالْبَلَاءِ كَمَا تَفْرَحُونَ بِالرَّخَاءِ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us, Ma'mar informed us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from a man, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: A man put his hand on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "By Allah, I cannot bear to put my hand on you because of the severity of your fever!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We, the company of prophets, have affliction multiplied for us just as reward is multiplied for us. If a prophet among the prophets was afflicted with lice until they killed him, and if a prophet among the prophets was afflicted with poverty until he took a cloak and it wore out on him - they used to rejoice in affliction just as you rejoice in ease."