—no doorkeepers. She said, “I did not recognize you.” He replied, “True patience is only at the first shock of the calamity.” Agreed upon.

In another version recorded by Muslim: she was weeping over her child.

33 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah the Exalted says: ‘My believing servant has no reward with Me, when I take from him his close companion (1) in this worldly life and he seeks the reward with Me, except Paradise.’ ” Narrated by al-Bukhari.

34 – ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the plague, and he told her: “It was a punishment that Allah would send upon whom He willed, but Allah has made it a mercy for the believers. No servant who finds himself in a land where plague has broken out remains there, patient and expecting his reward, knowing that nothing will strike him except what Allah has written for him, without receiving a reward equal to that of a martyr.” Narrated by al-Bukhari.

35 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has said: ‘When I test My servant by taking away his two beloved ones and he is patient, I shall compensate him for them with Paradise,’ ” meaning his eyes. Narrated by al-Bukhari.

36 – ‘Ata’ ibn Abi Rabah said: Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) once said to me, “Shall I show you a woman of the people of Paradise?” I said, “Yes indeed.” He said, “This Black woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, ‘I suffer seizures and my body becomes exposed (2); please supplicate Allah for me.’ He said, ‘If you wish, be patient and you will have Paradise; or if you wish, I will pray that Allah cure you.’ She said, ‘I will be patient.’ Then she added, ‘But I do become exposed, so pray to Allah that I do not become uncovered.’ So he prayed for her.” Agreed upon.

37 – Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “It is as though I can see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ describing a prophet from among the prophets—peace and blessings be upon them—whom his people struck…”