The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 927 (#Ḥadīth #27)

27ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَ يُبْتَلَى الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالْجُذَامِ وَالْبَرَصِ وَأَشْبَاهِ هَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ وَهَلْ كُتِبَ الْبَلاءُ إِلا عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ.

27. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah ‘Does a believer suffer from leprosy or similar diseases?’ The Imam asked, ‘Is misfortune written for anyone other than the believers?”’

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).