Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Hudhaifah narrates from his paternal aunt Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: We, a few women, went to tend to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A water-skin was hanging above the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and due to the heat of the fever, its drops were dripping onto him. We said: O Messenger of Allah! If you pray to Allah for healing, He will grant you healing. Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the people, the Prophets are tested the most severely, then those who are nearest to them in rank, then those who are nearest to them, then those who are nearest to them."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he was suffering from severe fever. I placed my hand on him over the blanket and felt the heat. I said: O Messenger of Allah! You have such a severe fever! The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "For us, where the trial is doubled, the reward is also doubled." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Upon whom is the trial the hardest? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The Prophets, and then the righteous people after them. Sometimes, such severe trials of worry and hunger befall them that they possess nothing except a single cloak to cover their bodies, but these people are as happy with trials and tests as people are happy with ease and prosperity."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was afflicted with any pain, he would groan and turn from side to side. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: If any of us had done this (because of pain), you would have noticed (but you are doing it yourself). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“(In matters of illness) righteous people are put to greater hardship, and even the pain of a thorn pricking a believer causes his sins to be forgiven and his rank to be raised.”

Mus'ab bin Sa'd narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "Which people are tested the most severely?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "The Prophets, then those who are best after them in righteousness. Every person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is strong in his religion, his trials will be more severe, and if he is weak in his religion, he will be tested according to his strength. The trials continue to befall a person until he walks upon the earth with no sin left upon him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the healthy people see the reward given to those who were afflicted (with trials) on the Day of Resurrection, they will wish that their skins had been cut with scissors."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has said: When I take away the eyesight of My servant, while he is eager for it, then I am not pleased to give him any reward other than Paradise in return for this trial, provided that he praises Me during this trial."

Ata bin Abi Rabah, narrating mursal, says: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any person is afflicted with a calamity, he should remember the calamity of my (death), so that (the grief of) his own calamity may become lighter, because (for my Ummah) the greatest calamity is my (separation)."

The servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Usaib (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril came to me with fever and plague. I kept the fever in Madinah and sent the plague to Syria. (Remember that) death by plague is martyrdom and mercy for my Ummah, while for the disbelievers it is punishment (and retribution)."

The meaning is stated: When Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'oon (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, after the burial was completed, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a man to bring a stone, but he could not lift it. Seeing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself stood up, removed the cloth from his arms. The companion of the Messenger says: It is as if I am (even now) looking at the whiteness of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) arms. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lifted that stone and placed it at the head side of the grave and said:“This stone is a sign for my brother’s grave. I will bury members of my family beside it.”

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibn Umar narrates from his father in mursal form that the Prophet (peace be upon him) sprinkled water on the grave of his son Ibrahim and said.