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4024. Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ when he was suffering from a fever, and I placed my hand on
him and felt heat with my hand from above the blanket. I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, how hard it is for you!' He said: 'We (Prophets) are like that. The trial is multiplied for us and so is the reward.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, which people are most severely tested?' He said: 'The Prophets.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, then who?' He said: 'Then the righteous, some of whom were tested with poverty until they could not find anything except a cloak to put around themselves. One of them will rejoice at calamity as one of you would rejoice at ease.'" (Hasan)
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Severity of disease is also a form of trial. The reward of being patient increases according to the degree of patience.
Poverty is also a form of trial, so bearing it patiently and being thankful to Allāh in this situation increase the ranks of the individual.
The reason for being happy when one faces hardship is that the person will be granted reward for his patience. The hardship will end sooner or later, but its reward takes one to the eternal blessings of Paradise.
