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ahmad-zuhd:1921ʿAbdullāh from my father > Yazīd > Abū Hilāl al-Rāsibī > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah > Kaʿb

[Machine] No one has been honored by Allah ﷻ except that they have been afflicted with severe trials.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

«مَا كَرُمَ عَبْدٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ إِلَّا ازْدَادَ الْبَلَاءُ عَلَيْهِ شِدَّةً»