Trial and Temptation
12 sayings
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
I heard Imam al-Rida (AS) say: "Alif, lam, mim. Do people imagine that they will be left off (on their own) saying: "We believe!" and they will not be tried", and he then asked me, 'What is trial?' I said, 'May my soul be sacrificed for you, what I know is that it is to be tested in religion.' He said, 'They [the believers] will be tried the way gold is tried', he then said, 'They will be purified the way gold is purified (Tradition by Mu`aammar b. Khallad )
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 370, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 952 link
I fear for you the trials that are in good times more than in bad times. You have been struck with tests of bad times and you have endured them with patience, while verily the world remains sweet and luxuriant [to you].
al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 4, p. 184, no. 74; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 953 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Trials are of three kinds: love of women, and this is the sword of the devil; drinking of wine, and this is the snare of the devil; and the love of dinars and dirhams, which is the arrow of the devil. So those who love women will not benefit from life, and those who love drinking will be barred from Heaven, and those who love the dinar and dirham are slaves of the world
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 140, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 953 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Amir al-Mu'minin Im?m 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.), who was riding, said to a person by the name of Harb who was walking with him, 'Go back, for the walking of someone like you with me is a trial for a governor and a [source of] humiliation for the believer.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 322; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 953 link
Blessed are the sincere. They are the lanterns of guidance, and all dark trials are cleared away from them
al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 1, p. 54, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 954 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Know that those who are wary of their duty to Allah will find through Him a way out of the troubles of trials, and a light from darkness.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 183; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 954 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He who ignites the fire of a troubling test will become its firewood
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10109; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 954 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
A brutal oppressing governor is better than a continuous trial.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9163; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 954 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
You should be in a trial like a baby camel, neither can it be mounted [and overcome as a result], nor can it be milked [and taken advantage of].
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 955 link
There are three tempting trials: beautiful hair, a beautiful face, and a beautiful voice
Kanz al-'Ummal, no. 44129; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 953 link
There will come a time with trials where a person will rise in the morning a believer and turn a disbeliever in the evening, save those whom Allah, most High, revive with knowledge
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30883; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 954 link
Know that my community after me will become swathed with trials like parts of a dark night. At that time a person will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening; he will sleep a believer and wake up a disbeliever. Groups will sell their religion for a small offer of the world.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30893; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 954 link
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