Affliction
18 sayings
Loving a servant, God puts him (her) to test, and loving him (her) more, He chooses the servant for Himself. "How?", the people demanded. The Holy Prophet replied: "By leaving him (her) without property and heir."
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1210; Page No. 173 link
Afflictions are the keys to reward
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 85 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Amir al-Mu'minin Im?m 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.) was once asked what the worst affliction was, to which he replied, 'To be afflicted with a blow to one's faith.'
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 85 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The greatest affliction and source of wretchedness is infatuation with this world.
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 85 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The greatest affliction is ignorance
Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 85 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) said to a man who was experiencing intense grief at the loss of his son, 'You are grieving at the minor affliction and are heedless of the major affliction! If only you prepared yourself for the place that your son has passed away to, your grief would not be so intense, for your affliction at having neglected preparation for it [i.e. the Hereafter] is much greater than the loss of your son.'
Uyoun Akhbar al-Reza (AS), v. 2, p. 5, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 85 link
Indeed we belong to Allah, and to Him do we indeed return' during an affliction, his entrance into Paradise is made obligatory.
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 235, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Wailing is an act from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 103, no. 50; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Among the hidden treasures of goodness are: concealing one's afflictions, one's illnesses and one's charity [from others].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 103, no. 50; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
All praise is due to Allah, Who did not afflict me in my faith, and all praise is due to Allah Who, if He had willed for my affliction to be greater than it is could have made it so, and all praise is due to Allah for the command that He willed to be and it is.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 268, no. 183; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Verily when someone dies, Allah sends an angel to the most grieved member of his family, who strokes his heart and makes him forget the agony of grief, and if it were not for this, the world would never again thrive.
al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 227, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 87 link
Whoever gloats over an affliction that has befallen his fellow brother does not leave this world until he is tried similarly
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 359, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 87 link
Aa'isha narrated, 'When Ibrahim [the Prophet's son] passed away, the Prophet (SAWA) cried such that tears rolled onto his beard, so people said to him, 'O Prophet of Allah, you dissuade people from crying and here you are now crying?!' to which he replied, 'This is not crying, it is compassion, for he who does not have compassion [for others] will not be treated with compassion [by Allah].'
Amali al-Tusi, p. 388, no. 227; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Abu Hurayra narrated, 'A man from the family of the Prophet (SAWA) had passed away and the women were gathered around crying for him when `Aumar stood up and prohibited them from doing so, and told them to go away from there. The Prophet (SAWA) then said, 'Leave them O `Aumar, for verily the eye feels teary [at the moment], the heart is afflicted and the pain of the incident is still fresh.'
al-Nasai, p. 4, no. 19; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Two voices are cursed and despised by Allah: howling when struck by an affliction, and singing when blessed with a bounty.
Da`aim al-Islam, v. 1, p. 227; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Afflictions are easy for one who is abstemious in this world.
Kanz al-Fawa' id li al-Karajiki, v. 2, p. 163; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 87 link
He who finds an affliction too great to bear should think about [the greatness of his affliction resulting from] my passing away from this world, and his own affliction will become easier to bear.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 84, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Increase your remembrance of death, the day that you will rise from your graves, and your standing before Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and your afflictions will become easier to bear.
al-Khisal, p. 616, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 86 link
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