Chronic illness/pain (وَصَبٌ)
العقيدة أصول الفقه
المعنى الاصطلاحي :
A state of constant pain and perpetual sickness.
الشرح المختصر :
"Wasab" is a constant pain. In this sense, Allah the Almighty said: {And for them is a “waasib” torment}, i.e. a constant and everlasting torment. The believer's level of faith decreases because of committing sins and misdeeds; however, chronic sickness and pains serve as a sort of adversities that expiate sins.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر :
"Wasab": sickness, constant pain, exhaustion, fatigue.