حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

The way of the Salaf with trials and tribulations: Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said: If God loves a servant, He increases his sorrow, and if God hates a servant, He expands his worldly life. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/8].

The way of the predecessors with trials and tribulations: Yahya bin Muadh, may God have mercy on him, said: They swam in the seas of calamities until they crossed over to the gifts, then they swam in the seas of gifts until they crossed over to the Lord of creation. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/258].

The way of the predecessors with trials and tribulations: Al-Asma’i said: I witnessed Salih Al-Murri, may God have mercy on him, consoling a man, and he said: If your calamity with your son did not bring you a lesson in yourself, then it is easy compared to your calamity with yourself, so weep for that. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/725].

The way of the righteous predecessors with trials and tribulations: A man struck one of the righteous and injured his head. He said: I asked God to grant him Paradise. It was said: How can that be when he wronged you? He said: I knew that I would be rewarded for what happened to me from him, so I did not want my share from him to be good and his share from me to be evil. [Ihya Ulum al-Din 1/933].