Hisham narrates from his father that he said: I and Abdullah bin Zubair went to Lady Asma’ (may Allah be pleased with her) ten days before Abdullah (bin Zubair) was killed, and Lady Asma’ (may Allah be pleased with her) was ill. Abdullah said to her: How are you feeling? She said: I am in pain. Abdullah said: Death is facing me (my death is certain). Asma’ (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Perhaps you want me to die, so you wish for it. Do not do so. By Allah! I do not wish for death until your matter is decided, either you are killed and I will be patient over it, or you are victorious and my eyes will be cooled. Beware, do not agree to any suggestion out of fear of death with which you are not satisfied. Abdullah had in his heart that he would be killed, so Asma’ (may Allah be pleased with her), his mother, would not have to bear the shock.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he once came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and at that time you had a severe fever. You had a sheet over you, and he placed his hand on top of the sheet and felt the heat of the fever through the sheet. So Abu Sa'id said: "O Messenger of Allah! How intense is your fever!" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Just as the trial upon us is very severe, likewise the reward for us is also doubled." Upon this (Abu Sa'id) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Which people are tested the most?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The Prophets, then the righteous. And among them, a man is tested with poverty until he has nothing except a long cloak, which he tears at the collar and wears, and he is afflicted with lice until (the lice) kill him. And these people would be as happy with trials as one of you is not even with a gift."