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, and he had a close companionship with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'When a servant is given a position by Allah that he cannot attain by his own actions, Allah tests him in his body, wealth, or offspring.' The son of Nufayl increased in patience upon that, until they both reached the status that Allah had predetermined for him.'"  

عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا سَبَقَتْ لَهُ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ مَنْزِلَةٌ لَمْ يَنَلْهَا بِعَمَلِهِ ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ أَوْ فِي مَالِهِ أَوْ فِي وَلَدِهِ زَادَ ابْنُ نُفَيْلٍ ثُمَّ صَبَرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ 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" .