And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb narrated to us—and the wording is theirs—and Ishaq al-Hanzali also narrated to us. Ishaq said: "He informed us," while the other two said: "He narrated to us"—Abu Mu'awiyah, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "No believer is afflicted with a thorn or anything greater than it, except that Allah raises him by it one degree or removes from him by it one sin."