حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

The way of the Salaf with trials and tribulations: On the authority of Thabit, he said: We went with Al-Hasan, may God have mercy on him, to visit Safwan bin Muhriz, who was ill. His son came out to us and said: He has a stomach ailment, you cannot enter upon him. Al-Hasan said: If some of his flesh and blood were taken today and he were rewarded for it, it is better than him being consumed by the earth. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 4/238].

The way of the Salaf with trials and tribulations: It was narrated on the authority of Al-Hasan, may God have mercy on him, that he mentioned pain, and he said: By God, these are not the worst days of a Muslim’s life, days in which he remembers what he forgot of his afterlife, and his sins are expiated by it. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 4/240].

The way of the Salaf with trials and tribulations: Al-Hasan, may God have mercy on him, visited a man who was sick, and said to him: If we are not rewarded except for what we love, then our reward is little, and God is generous, He tests the servant while he is unwilling, and gives him a great reward for it. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 4/240].

The state of the Salaf with trials and tribulations: On the authority of Thabit, he said: We entered upon Rabi’ah bin Al-Harith, may God have mercy on him, to visit him while he was very ill, and he said: Whoever is in a state like mine, the Hereafter fills his heart, and the world is smaller in his eyes than a fly. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 4/239].

The way of the early Muslims with trials and tribulations: On the authority of Al-Dahhak, may God have mercy on him, he said: Were it not for the recitation of the Qur’an, I would have been pleased to be bedridden, because the sick person is relieved of hardship, and the good deeds he used to do when healthy are recorded for him, and his sins are forgiven. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 4/248].