It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I asked,“O Messenger of Allah! Which people are tested the most severely?”He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied:“The Prophets, then the righteous, and then those who are better and superior to others. In fact, a person is tested according to his religion; if there is strength and firmness in his religion, his trial will be more severe, and if there is leniency and weakness in his religion, his trial will be lighter. And it also happens that a servant remains afflicted with trials until he walks upon the earth and there is no sin left upon him.”

Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Trials continue to befall the believing man and woman in their body, wealth, and parents, until when they meet Allah Almighty, no sin remains upon them.

. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: The example of a believer is like that of a crop which the wind bends sometimes this way and sometimes that way. This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas and Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them both).

(Second chain) The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The example of a believer is like a tender crop; when the wind reaches it, it bends, and when the wind ceases, it straightens up. In the same way is the example of a believer, who keeps swaying due to trials. And the example of a hypocrite is like a pine tree, which remains in one state due to being solid and hard, until Allah Almighty breaks it.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When Allah intends good for a person, He puts him through trials.

Syedna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man placed his hand on the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "By Allah! Your fever is so intense that I do not have the strength to keep my hand on you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We are a group of Prophets; just as the reward and recompense for us is increased, in the same way, the trials for us are made severe. Among the Prophets, there was one who was tested with lice to such an extent that it was near that they would kill him. There were also Prophets who were tested through poverty and hunger to such an extent that they would take a cloak and cut it. And those Prophets would be as happy due to trials as you are happy due to prosperity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I was harmed for the sake of Allah and no one was harmed as much as I was harmed, and I was frightened for the sake of Allah and no one was frightened as much as I was frightened, and there came upon me such three days that a whole day and night would pass while there was nothing with me and my family that a living being could eat, except for what Bilal would hide under his armpit and bring.

Abu Ubaidah narrates from his paternal aunt, Sayyida Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: We came to visit the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to tend to him, while he was among his wives. We saw that a water-skin was hanging and its water was dripping onto the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the reason for this was that he was feeling the intensity of the heat of fever. In any case, we said: O Messenger of Allah! If you would supplicate to Allah and He would grant you healing. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The people who are tested the most are the Prophets, then those who are less than them (in piety and righteousness), and then those who are less than them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suhaib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am amazed at the affair of the believer, for verily all of his affair is good, and this is for no one except the believer. If something pleasing happens to him and he is grateful, then that is good for him; and if something harmful befalls him and he is patient, then that is good for him.