Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty says to the angels: 'Go to My servant and pour trial upon him.' (The angels do so.) Then that servant praises Allah Almighty. When the angels return, they say: 'O our Lord, we poured trial upon him just as You commanded us.' The Lord says: 'Go back, for I love to hear his voice.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its chain contains a narrator, Ufayr bin Ma'dan, and he is da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3730
With the same chain, this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Allah Almighty tests one of you through trial just as one of you tests his gold through fire. Some of it comes out like pure gold; that is the person whom Allah Almighty has protected from doubts. Some of it comes out lesser than that; that is the person who falls into some doubt. And some of it comes out like black gold; that is the person who has fallen into fitnah (temptation)."
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3731
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعیف جداً
Hadith Takhrij«المعجم الكبير للطبراني، باب الصاد ، ما أسند أبو أمامة ، عفير بن معدان ، 7556، المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم ، كتاب الرقاق ، حديث 7949 ، شعب الإيمان للبيهقي، التاسع والثلاثون من شعب الإيمان فصل فى ذكر ما فى الأوجاع والأمراض والمصيبات من الكفارات 9542»
With the same chain it is also reported that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a Muslim falls ill, Allah Almighty sends revelation to His angels, saying: 'O My angels, I have bound My servant with one of My fetters. If I take his soul, I will forgive him; and if I grant him well-being (that is, deliverance from this trial), his body will be such that it has been forgiven, and he will have no sin.'"
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3732
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«المعجم الكبير للطبراني، باب الصاد ، ما أسند أبو أمامة ، عفير بن معدان ، 7559 المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم، كتاب الرقاق ، 7942، شعب الإيمان للبيهقي، التاسع والثلاثون من شعب الإيمان، فصل فى ذكر ما فى الأوجاع والأمراض والمصيبات من الكفارات ، 9541»
Sayyiduna Abu Inabah al-Khawlani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty intends good for a servant, He puts him to trial, and when He puts him to trial, He wears him down." The people said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is meant by wearing him down?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He does not leave him his family or his wealth."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Ibrahim bin Muhammad, who is al-Tabarani's teacher. Al-Dhahabi declared him da'if (weak) but did not mention a reason. The remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3733
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Affliction will whiten the face of the one who bears it on the Day when many faces will be blackened."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Sulayman bin Riqa', and he is munkar al-hadith (his narrations are rejected).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3734
Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a servant's sins become many and he has nothing that can wipe them out, Allah Almighty afflicts him with the trial of grief so that it becomes an expiation for his sins."
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Layth bin Abi Sulaym, and he is a mudallis (one who obscures his sources). The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: A hadith will come later in the chapter on buying and selling, if Allah wills, in which it is mentioned that among sins there are some sins for which nothing can be an expiation except a man's anxiety in seeking his livelihood.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3735
Sayyiduna Mahmud bin Labid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When Allah Almighty loves a people, He puts them to trial. Whoever shows patience will receive (the reward of) patience, and whoever wails and laments will have (to face the distress of) lamenting."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3736
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty loves a people, He puts them to trial."
Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, and there is criticism (kalam) regarding him.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3737
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«الأوسط للطبرانى ، باب الباء ، من اسمه بكر، 3306 ، أخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 3252»