Trial and Temptation

There will come a time with troubles and trials where a person will rise in the morning a believer and turn a disbeliever in the evening, save those whom Allah, most High, revive with knowledge.

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  لَأنا لِفِتنَةِ السَّرّاءِ أخوَفُ علَيكُم مِن فِتنَةِ الضَّرّاءِ ، إنّكُمُ ابتُلِيتُم بفِتنَةِ الضَّرّاءِ فَصَبَرتُم ، وإنّ الدنيا حُلوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ . الترغيب والترهيب : 4 / 184 / 74 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'I fear for you the trials that are in good times more than in bad times. You have been struck with tests of bad times and you have endured them with patience, while verily the world remains sweet and luxuriant [to you].' al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 4, p. 184, no. 74

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  ثلاثٌ فاتِناتٌ : الشَّعرُ الحَسَنُ ، والوَجهُ الحَسَنُ ، والصَّوتُ الحَسَنُ . كنز العمّال : 44129 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are three tempting trials: beautiful hair, a beautiful face, and a beautiful voice.' Kanz al-'Ummal, no. 44129

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ يُصبِحُ الرجُلُ فيها مؤمِناً ويُمسِي كافِراً ، إلّا مَن أحياهُ اللَّهُ تعالى‏ بالعِلمِ . كنز العمّال : 30883 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There will come a time with troubles and trials where a person will rise in the morning a believer and turn a disbeliever in the evening, save those whom Allah, most High, revive with knowledge.' Kanz al-Ummal, no. 30883

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : طُوبى‏ لِلمُخلِصينَ ، اُولئكَ مَصابيحُ الهُدى‏ تَنجَلي عَنهُم كلُّ فِتنَةٍ ظَلماءَ . الترغيب والترهيب : 1 / 54 / 5 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Blessed are the sincere. They are the lanterns of guidance, and all dark trials are cleared away from them.' al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib, v. 1, p. 54, no. 5

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  لَيَغشَيَنَّ اُمَّتِي مِن بَعدي فِتَنٌ كَقِطَعِ الليلِ المُظلِمِ ، يُصبِحُ الرجُلُ فيها مؤمِناً ويُمسِي كافِراً ، ويُمسِي مؤمِناً ويُصبِحُ كافِراً ، يَبيعُ أقوامٌ دِينَهُم بعَرَضٍ مِن الدنيا قَليلٍ . كنز العمّال : 30893 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Know that my community after me will become swathed with trials like parts of a dark night. At that time a person will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening; he will sleep a believer and wake up a disbeliever. Groups will sell their religion for a small offer of the world.' Kanz al-Ummal, no. 30893