Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَادَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَدْ صَارَ مِثْلَ الْفَرْخِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ كُنْتَ تَدْعُو بِشَيْءٍ أَوْ تَسْأَلُهُ إِيَّاهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ مَا كُنْتَ مُعَاقِبِي بِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَعَجِّلْهُ لِي فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ لَا تُطِيقُهُ وَلَا تَسْتَطِيعُهُ فَهَلَّا قُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ قَالَ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَشَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
English Translation
Ibn Abi Adiyy narrated to us from Humayd, and Abd Allah ibn Bakr al-Sahmi narrated to us, Humayd narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, visited a sick man from among the Muslims who had become like a fledgling. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him, "Were you supplicating for anything or asking Him for something?" He said, "Yes, I used to say, 'O Allah, whatever You would punish me with in the Hereafter, hasten it for me in this world.'" The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Glory be to Allah! You cannot bear it, nor withstand it. Why did you not say, 'O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire'?" He said: So he supplicated to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, healed him.