hadith 2898
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘No more than forty nights can pass on a believer without something that saddens him and causes him to remember [Allahs admonition].
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المؤمنُ لا يَمْضي علَيهِ أربَعونَ لَيلةً إلّا عَرَضَ لهُ أمرٌ يُحزِنُهُ يُذَكَّرُ بهِ.

Similar narrations

  • Mishkāt al-Anwār #1714 Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Any believer is reminded (of God) once every forty days by a problem which makes him sad.”
  • Al-Kāfi #911 “Before forty days pass something causes sadness to a believer to remind him.”
  • Kitāb al-Muʾmin #30 I heard Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) saying: No forty nights pass for a believer except a matter befalls him that grieves him and reminds him (of...
  • Kitāb al-Muʾmin #27 I heard him (i.e. al-Sadiq (a.s)) say: No forty nights pass for a believer without something befalling him for which he is rewarded - the...
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