Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ الْعَبْدِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُكَفِّرُهَا مِنْ الْعَمَلِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِالْحُزْنِ لِيُكَفِّرَهَا عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Husayn ibn Ali narrated to us, from Za'idah, from Layth, from Mujahid, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When the sins of a servant increase and he has no deed to expiate them, Allah, Mighty and Sublime, afflicts him with sorrow in order to expiate them for him.