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Hadith 28
Hadith #
28
Book
Kitāb al-Muʾmin
Volume
1
Section
1
Part
Content
Chapter
The Severity of a Believer’s Afflictions
Source
Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī
۞
28. It has been also narrated that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said
No forty days pass for a believer without the Glorious and most High Lord presenting him with pain in his body or loss of wealth, or an affliction for which Allah rewards him.
28 - وعن أبي عبد الله (ع) لا يصير على المؤمن أربعون صباحاً إلاّ تعاهده الربُّ تبارك وتعالى بوجَع في جسده أو ذَهاب ماله أو مصيبة يؤجره الله عليها.
Tags Trials and AfflictionsGod-consciousness/Piety

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