Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: The Severity of the Trial of a Believer َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َا يَخُصُّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهِ الْ٠ِنَ فَقَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) ٠َنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلاءً فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّونَ ثُ٠ْثَلُ وَيُبْتَلَى الْ٠ِنُ بَعْدُ عَلَى قَدْرِ إِي٠َانِهِ وَحُسْنِ أَعْ٠َانُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَ٠َلُهُ اشْتَدَّ بَلاؤُهُ وَ٠َانُهُ وَضَعُفَ عَ٠َلُهُ قَلَّ بَلاؤُهُ.

The Imam said, ‘The Messenger of Allah was asked, ‘Who suffers the most in this world?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘The prophets suffer the most and thereafter people similar to them and then those similar in position to the second group and so forth.

A believer suffers proportionate to his belief and good deeds; thus, whoever’ s belief is more correct as well as deeds their trails and suffering are more intense, and whoever’s belief comes from a weak power of reason and whose deeds are weak their trials and suffering are less intense.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/326))