Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37751 — Khaythamah bin Abd al-Rahman

It is narrated from Khaythamah that he said: The angels submitted: "O Lord, the world has been kept away from Your believing servant and You have put him forward for afflictions?" The narrator said: Allah Almighty said to (other) angels: "Show them the reward of the believer." So when the angels saw the reward of the believer, they said: "O Lord, whatever state reaches the believer in the world does him no harm." The narrator used to say: And the angels submitted: "O Lord, afflictions have been kept away from Your disbelieving servant and the world has been made spacious for him." The narrator said: Allah Almighty said to the angels: "Reveal to them the recompense of the disbeliever." So when the angels saw the recompense of the disbeliever, they said: "O Lord, whatever the disbeliever receives in the world does him no good."