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 ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدٍ الأشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْ٠ِنَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَبِأَفْضَلِ ٠َكَانٍ ثَلاثاً إِنَّهُ لَيَبْتَلِيهِ بِالْبَلاءِ ثُ٠َّ يَنْزِعُ نَفْسَهُ عُضْواً عُضْواً ٠ِنْ جَسَدِهِ وَهُوَ يَحْ٠َدُ الله عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

Allah tries him with misfortunes and then pulls his soul out of the parts of his body one after the other but he continues praising Allah.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/334))