The Severity of a Believer’s Afflictions — Hadith 31

31. It has been narrated that Abu al-Sabah reported: I was with Abu 'Abd Allah (a. s) when a man complained to him saying, 'My son and my brothers have cut themselves off from me and my (fellow Muslim) brothers have (also) alienated themselves from me. ' 'Truth (haqq) has a dynasty, ' replied Abu 'Abd Allah (a. s), 'and so does falsehood (batil). And in each one of them, the other is disgraced. During the rule of falsehood, the least affliction that befalls a believer is that his sons and brothers break ties with him and his (fellow Muslim) brothers abandon him. And if a believer experiences a life of ease and comfort in the dynasty of falsehood, he will be afflicted in his physical body, wealth or family until Allah purifies him of the luxury that he had acquired in order that his share may thereby be reserved in the dynasty of truth. Therefore be patient and rejoice. ”