Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Which people are tried most severely?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prophets." I said: "Then who?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then the righteous. One of them is tried with poverty until he finds nothing but a date or something like it, and one of them is tried with lice until he keeps throwing the lice off, and one of them used to be more joyful at affliction than he was at ease."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Hisham bin Sa'd narrated this hadith from Zayd bin Aslam."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 9047
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه الحاكم فى «المستدرك» برقم: 119، 7943، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 4024، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 6629، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 12074، وأبو يعلى فى «مسنده» برقم: 1045، وعبد بن حميد فى «مسنده» برقم: 960، وعبد الرزاق فى «مصنفه» برقم: 20626، والطحاوي فى «شرح مشكل الآثار» برقم: 2210»