on his father's authority said his grandfather reported: He was a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: When Allah has previously decreed for a servant a rank which he has not attained by his action, He afflicts him in his body, or his property or his children. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Nufail added in his version: "He then enables him to endure that." The agreed version goes: "So that He may bring him to the rank previously decreed from him by Allah."  

عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَنْزِلَةٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهَا بِعَمَلِهِ ابْتَلاَهُ اللَّهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ أَوْ فِي مَالِهِ أَوْ فِي وَلَدِهِ  

[Machine] From his grandfather, who had the companionship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Indeed, when a servant attains a rank from Allah that he cannot reach with his deeds, Allah afflicts him in his body, in his wealth, and in his children. Then He endows him with patience in that until he attains the rank that Allah has predestined for him."  

عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ مَنْزِلَةٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهَا بِعَمَلِهِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ وَفِي مَالِهِ وَفِي وَلَدِهِ ثُمَّ صَبَّرَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ»  

"إذا سبقت للعبدِ من اللهِ منزلةٌ لم يبلغها بعمله ابتلاه اللهُ في جسدِه، وفي أهله ومالِه، ثم صبَّره على ذَلك حتى ينال المنزِلَةَ التي سَبَقَتْ له من اللهِ" .