hadith
2902
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Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘When Allah, Blessed and most High, wants to honour a servant who has previously committed a sin, He tries him with illness, and if not with that then with need. And if not with that, then He makes his death difficult. But when He wants to humiliate a servant who has done some good previously, He makes his body healthy, or makes his sustenance abundant, or makes his death easy.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّهَ تباركَ وتعالى إذا كانَ مِن أمْرِهِ أن يُكرِمَ عَبداً وله عِندَه ذَنبٌ ابْتَلاهُ بالسُّقْمِ، فإنْ لَم يَفعَلْ فبِالحاجةِ، فإنْ لَم يَفعَلْ شَدَّدَ علَيه عندَ المَوتِ. وإذا كانَ مِن أمرِهِ أنْ يُهينَ عَبداً ولَه عندَهُ حَسَنةٌ أصَحَّ بَدنَهُ، فإنْ لم يفعلْ وسَّعَ علَيهِ في مَعيشتِهِ، فإنْ لَم يَفعلْ هَوّنَ علَيهِ المَوتَ .
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