Test you to refine and choose you
10- Test you to refine and choose you:
The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “If Allaah loves a people, He will afflict them. Whoever accepts that patiently wins His pleasure but whoever is discontented with that earns His wrath.” [Ahmad] [Al-Arnaa’oot: Good chain of narrators]
This is a great bounty from Allaah The Almighty upon His slave, because these tests expiate the sins and relieve the hearts of being absorbed by worldly affairs. This bounty also protects the slave from committing what may harm him in the Hereafter. All the tests of Allaah The Almighty, such as difficult living conditions, a disturbed life, and the tyranny of others is to try the person's truthfulness and patience in resisting his desires. Allaah The Exalted Says (what means): {And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allaah] and the patient, and We will test your affairs.} [Quran 47:31]
