Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ الْحُمَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذِهِ قَالَتْ أُمُّ مِلْدَمٍ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا إِلَى أَهْلِ قُبَاءَ فَلَقُوا مِنْهَا مَا يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ فَأَتَوْهُ فَشَكَوْا ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا شِئْتُمْ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَنْ أَدْعُوَ اللَّهَ لَكُمْ فَيَكْشِفَهَا عَنْكُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَكُمْ طَهُورًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَتَفْعَلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالُوا فَدَعْهَا.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah told us: al-A'mash told us, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, who said: Fever asked permission to enter upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: "Who is this?" It said: "Umm Mildam (Mother of the Blood, i.e. Fever)." He said: So he ordered it be sent to the people of Quba, and they suffered from it what Allah knows. They came to him and complained of that to him, so he said: "As you wish - if you wish I will pray to Allah for you and He will remove it from you, or if you wish it can be a means of purification for you." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, would you really do that?" He said: "Yes." They said: "Then leave it."