It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that, mentioning tribulation, he said: "Indeed, a man leaves his house with his religion with him, then he returns with nothing of his religion remaining with him. He goes to a (worldly) person who has no power to bring benefit or harm either to him or to himself, and swears by Allah before him saying: You are such and such, and such and such (flattering him). So he does not fulfil any of his need, yet he returns having made Allah angry with him." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.