Does the servant's not being afflicted mean that Allah is angry with him, knowing that the servant does not wish for affliction but fears it?
We advise praising Allah and asking Him for well-being (al-afiyah), for in the : "Ask Allah for pardon (al-afw) and well-being (al-afiyah), for no one has been given anything better than well-being after certainty (al-yaqin)." And Allah's testing of those whom He loves is established in the Hadith: "The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. And indeed, when Allah loves a people, He tests them. So, whoever is pleased, for him is pleasure, and whoever is displeased, for him is displeasure." Many Hadiths have been established regarding the virtue of patience in the face of tribulation after it has occurred. It is disliked to wish for tribulation lest one becomes distressed by it. A Muslim should seek out what Allah loves and act upon it.
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