Is it authentically related that Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said: "Headaches are among the signs of the people of faith and the people of Paradise"?
Ibn Rajab's statement: "The Prophet (peace be upon him) considered those who are not afflicted by fever and headaches to be among the people of Hellfire, making this one of the signs of the people of Hellfire, and its opposite one of the signs of believers," might be interpreted as follows. He based this on the narrated by Abu Hurayrah, in which the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked a Bedouin about fever and headaches. When the Bedouin denied being afflicted by them, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever wishes to look at a man from the people of Hellfire, let him look at this one." Al-Albani graded this hadith as (good). Ibn Hibban explained this by saying that the Prophet (peace be upon him) intended to warn against impatience with illnesses, and that ailments expiate sins in this world, not that being free from illnesses means one is among the people of Hellfire.
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