It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) making this supplication: 'Allahumma hasibni hisaban yasira' (O Allah, take an easy reckoning from me). I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by an easy reckoning? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That his record is looked at and he is pardoned. Indeed, whoever is cross-examined (scrutinised) in the reckoning on that day is ruined. And whatever hardship befalls the believer, Allah Almighty expiates his sins in return for it, even the thorn that pricks him." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it with this wording. And its supporting report (shahid) from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) is (as follows):

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me while I had raised my hands and was making this supplication: 'Allahumma hasibni hisaban yasira' (O Allah, take an easy reckoning from me). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what that (easy) reckoning is?" I said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has mentioned in His Book: "He will be judged with an easy account" [Surah al-Inshiqaq: 8] . He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Aishah, indeed whoever is (formally) called to account (on that day) is doomed; this (easy reckoning) is merely the presentation of deeds before Allah Almighty."