Aversion to Shirk
Following the conquest of Khaybar, the Holy Prophet (sa) sent Hazrat Abdullah (ra) bin Rawaha in order to make an estimate of the fruit yield and land etc. Once, Hazrat Abdullah (ra) bin Rawaha fell so severely ill that he became unconscious. The Holy Prophet (sa) came to visit him and said, “O Allah! If his appointed time is nigh, then make it easy for him.”
In other words, if the time of his demise is near, then make it easy for him and if his appointed time has not yet approached, then grant him health. Following this prayer, Hazrat Abdullah (ra) bin Rawaha’s fever subsided. Sensing this improvement [in his health], he said, “O Prophet (sa) of Allah! During my illness, my mother would say regarding me, ‘O my rock and my support!’ I saw [in a vision] that an angel was standing before me holding an iron club and asked, ‘Are you truly like this?’ Upon this, I replied that I am. Subsequently, he hit me with the iron club.”
There is another similar narration, and it seems to be more accurate. He says that an angel was holding an iron club and asking him that is he truly as his mother describes him; i.e. as a mountain and her support? (The angels enquired because this was a form of Shirk [associating partners with God].)
Hazrat Abdullah (ra) bin Rawaha replied, “If I was to say that I indeed was like this, he would certainly have struck me with the iron club.”
(Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 2, p. 417, Dar-ul-Fikr, 2012)