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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Heart Comforter Foreword In the Name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful Due to lack of want, outgiving and generosity, He has willed to shower His blessings unto the descendants of Adam with generosity, blessing them first with the bliss of existence and getting them out of the sphere of void. Then He put everything on earth at their disposal, making them the masters of this planet, faring with its soil, water and atmosphere as they wish.

He has subjected to them its animals, plants, minerals and all other treasures. Then He bestowed upon them guidance by sending them messengers and divine books which secure for them the pleasure of their Lord, their own happiness, sustenance and goodly return if they obey Him.

After all these generous blessings and clear guidance comes testing and examining, and these cannot take place without affliction of the decrease of a blessing or an affliction in self and in wealth, and it is here when a steadfast person who seeks rewards is distinguished from that who is impatient, fretful. The most Praised One has promised to give them generous rewards, to pay them their dues without count, informing them that He, the most Exalted One, supports them if they persevere.

Imam al-Baqir (ع) has said, "A believer is tested in the life of this world according to the extent of his faith" or he said "according to the extent of his belief"[^1].

Imam al-Sadiq (ع) has said, "If Allah loves one of His servants, He exposes him to trials, one after the other."[^2] He (ع) also said, "Great rewards accompany great trials."[^3] This is why among people, according to traditions, there are those who are most severely tested, and these are the prophets, then the walis or guardians, then the most pious, and so on.[^4] Then the Prophet (ص) said, "We, prophets, are tried the most, and we are followed in this regard by the believers, the most pious then the less pious, and so on.

One who tastes the sweet taste of trial, under a protective covering from Allah, finds it tastier than a bliss."[^5] He (ص) has equaled obedience to Allah through patience to half one's iman (conviction), regarding it as one of the keys to achieving rewards and determining patience as occupying a position in iman equal to that of the head to the body; there is no body without a head; therefore, one without patience is without iman , and one who is patient will receive rewards equal to those due to one thousand martyrs.